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GENERAL SOCIETY 



Sons of the Revolutioa 



APRIL J 9th, J 897. 




EXCHANGED. 



Digest of the Proceedings 



OF MEETING OF THE 



GENERAL SOCIETY, 



HELD IN THE HALL OF THE 



HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 

PHILADELPHIA, PA., 

APRIL 19th, 1897, 

TOGETHER WITH 

IvISX OF OKFICBRS 



General and State Societfes. 



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ABSTRACT OF MEETING 

OF THE 

GENERAL SOCIETY OF SONS OF THE REVOLUTION, 



IN THE HALL OF THE 



HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 

No. 1300 LOCUST STREET, PHILADELPHIA, 

APRIL 19, 1897. 



G. D. W. VROOM, Esq., First General Vice-President, 

Pi^esidiiig. 



The following additional General Officers were present, 
viz. : 

Mr. John Screven, Second General Vice-President. 
Mr. James Mortimer Montgomery, General Secretary. 
Mr. William Hall Harris, Assistant General Secretary. 
Mr. Richard M. Cadwalader, General Treasurer. 
Mr. Henry Cadle, Assistant General Treasurer. 
Dr. Francis Ell ing wood Abbott, General Registrar. 
Mr. Gaillard Hunt, General Historian. 

Mr. Vroom : In the absence of the General President, it 
becomes my duty as General Vice-President to call this meet- 
ing of the General Society to order, "^he meeting will be 
opened with prayer by the Rev. Brockholst Morgan of New 
York. 

Prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr. Morgan, New York 
Society. 

The General Secretary, at the direction of the Chair, 
read the notice of meetinof. 



No. 146 Broadway, New York City. 

Office ok Generai. Secretary, Society of Sons of 
THE Revolution. 

December 21, 1896. 

Secretary of the Society of Sons of the Revolution 
in the State of 

" Upon the request of the State Societies in the District 

of Cohunbia, Illinois, Ohio and Massachusetts," a special 

meeting of the General Society, Sons of the Revolution, is 

called under the provisions of the Seventh Clause of the 

Constitution. 

Respectfully, 

G. D. W. VROOM, 

First General Vice-President. 

JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, 

General Secretary. 

By direction of the First General Vice-President (the 
General President being absent from the country and not 
expected to return until April) the Special Meeting so called 
will be held in the City of Philadelphia, on IMonday, April 
the nineteenth, A. D. 1897. Due notice of the time and 
place of said meeting will be sent to you later. 

Respectfully, 

JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, 
General Secretary. 

Under date of March 20, 1897, the notice referred to was 

sent. 

Office of the General Secretary, 
No. 146 Broadway. 

New York, March 20, 1897. 
Dear Sir : 

Through the courtesy of the Pennsylvania Historical 
Society, the Meeting of the General Society (notice of which 
was sent to you under date December 21, 1896, and copy of 

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whicli is attached), will be held in the Hall of the Historical 
Society, No. 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, on Monday, 
April 19, 1897, at eleven o'clock A. M. 

The Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the Revolution, will 
entertain the General Society at the Hotel Stratford, at 
luncheon at two o'clock in the afternoon and at dinner at 
half-past seven o'clock in the evening. Rooms may be se- 
cured at the Hotel Stratford, at prices ranging from one to 
four dollars per day. 

You will confer a favor by returning the enclosed postal 
cards on or before April 7, 1897, stating whether you do or 
do not expect to be present. 

Yours faithfully, 
JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, 
General Secretary. 

The General Secretary then called the roll, the fol- 
lowing officers and delegates responding, viz. : 

OFFICERS. 

Garret Dorset Wall Vroom, General Vice-President. 
John Screven, Second General Vice-President. 
James Mortimer Montgomery, General Secretary. 
William Hall Harris, Assistant General Secretary. 
Richard McCall Cadwalader, General Treasurer. 
Henry Cadle, Assistant General Treasurer. 
Francis Ellingwood Abbott, General Registrar. 
Gaillard Hunt, General Historian. 

DELEGATES. 
Alabama. Connecticut. 

jsjone. ^' Floyd Delafield, 

Timothy Jones. 

■^ ■ District of Columbia. 

James Mortimer Montgomery. Charles Fredk. T. Beale, 

Albion Keith Parris, 
Colorado. Henry Greenway Kemp, 

John Cromwell Butler, William B. Gurley, 

Edward Marsden Cooke. W. H. Clay. 



Florida. 


Missoiiri. 


None. 


Henry Cadle, 


Georgia. 


Montana. 


Hon. W. D. Harden, 


None. 


Col. John Screven. 





Illinois. 

George Mulhollen Lyon, 
Frank Kimball Root, 
George Mayhew Moulton, 
Thomas Floyd-Jones. 

Iowa. 

Theodore Wells Barhydt, 
Henry Cadle. 

Maryland. 

William Bowly Wilson, 
Thomas William Hall, 
James Wilson Patterson, 
Henry Oliver Thompson, 
Julian Henry Lee, 
Yates Pennington. 

Kentucky. 

None. 

Michigan. 

Hon. Henry W. Seymour. 

Massachusetts. 

Francis EUingwood Abbott, 
Frank Harrison Briggs, 
Francis Rollin Spalding, 
Winthrop Wetherbee. 

Minfiesota. 

Rukard Hurd. 



New Hampshire. 

Alfred Langdon Elwyn. 

New Jersey. 

Col. S. Meredith Dickinson, 
Hon. Gilbert Collins, 
Richard Fowler Stevens, 
Thomas J. Yorke, Jr., 
Foster Conarro Griffith, 
]Malcolm Macdonald. 

North Carolina. 

George Bradburn Curtis, 
Marshall Delancey Haywood. 

North Dakota. 
None. 

New York. 

Frederick S. Tallmadge, 
Charles H. Woodruff, 
James W. Beekman, 
Rev. Brockholst Morgan, 
Mason W. Tyler, 
Arthur Melvin Hatch, 
Charles Isliam, 

Pennsylvania. 

Maj. James Edward Carpenter, 

Charles Henry Jones, 

Hon. Samuel Whitaker Pen- 

nypacker, 
Capt. Richard Strader Collum, 

U. S. M. C, 



Edward Stalker Sayres, South Carolina. 

Col. Josiah Granville Leach, 3^ p, Ravenel 

Joseph Trowbridge Bailey, Q. W. Olney. 
Alexander Kriimbhaar. 

Tennessee. 
West Virs:inia. 

^ None. 

Dr. R. M. Baird, 

Randolph Stalnaker. Texas. 

^, . H. M. Aubrey. 

Ohio. 

John Ward Bailey, Virgmia. 

James Verner Guthrie, ^ ^... ^, 

TA 1 • nr TTT 1 Eugene Ellicott, 

Ephraim INIorgan Wood, ° -d n^ ttt t^ 1 t 

A 1 -11 TT T^ 1 Judge R. T. W. Duke, Jr. 

Achilles Henry Pugh. ^ ^ ' ^ 

Rhode Island. Washington. 

William Watts Sherman. None. 

Mr. R. T. W. Duke, Jr., Virginia: Mr. President, I 
was requested by the President of the Society to say that as 
there was some doubt of his presence — there is none now of 
his presence — the Board of General Managers appointed Mr. 
Eugene Ellicott of this city as the representative for J. 
Austen Kelly. 

The Chair : On the Admission of New Societies, I 
will appoint as a committee, Mr. Marshall DeLancey Hay- 
wood of North Carolina, Mr. William B. Gurley of the 
District of Columbia, and Mr. R. T. W. Duke, Jr., of Virginia, 
and will refer to them the papers relating to societies seeking 
admission. 

The General Secretary read the first two pages of 
minutes of the Savannah meeting, when upon motion duly 
seconded, put to vote and carried, it was resolved that the 
reading of the minutes of the last meeting be dispensed with, 
save the following, viz : 

Mr. Montgomery : The resolution appears on page 25, 
and is : 

Mr. Abbott : In obedience to the instructions of the Sons 
of the Revolution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I 



desire to offer in the name of the Massachusetts Society the 
following resolutions, viz. : 

Whereas^ the existence of two separate societies, with 
identical objects and nearly identical names, where one 
strong society alone ought to exist — to wit : Sons of the 
Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution — is an 
anomaly which perplexes the public mind, excites distrust of 
both societies, provokes injurious comment, alienates the 
sympathy of very many descendants of Revolutionary ances- 
tors whose aid is needed, and seriously interferes with the 
patriotic work to which both these societies are sincerely and 
equally devoted ; and 

Whereas^ Consolidation of these two societies in a single 
Society, on the basis of a Constitution and Plan of Union 
which had been previously agreed upon at separate meet- 
ings of the General Society of Sons of the Revolution and 
the National Society of Sons of the American Revolution 
in the City of New York, February i6, 1893, failed on ac- 
count of disagreement as to the submission of the original 
credentials and applications of all the members of all their 
respective State Societies to a fresh examination and re- 
vision, in accordance with the provisions of the new Consti- 
tution agreed upon, as a necessary preliminary to enrolling 
members of the new consolidated society ; and 

Whereas^ The necessity of this preliminary examination 
and revision, if the proposed new society is to be exclusively 
composed, and known to be exclusively composed, of actual 
descendants of Revolutionary ancestors, ought to be self 
evident ; therefore, 

Resolved^ That we, the General Society of Sons of the 
Revolution, convened in Savannah on the 20th of April, 
1896, hereby proffer, sincerely and fraternally, a standing in- 
vitation to the National Society of Sons of the American 
Revolution to unite with us in a single General Society, ac- 
cording to the terms of union which were harmoniously 
agreed upon at the separate meetings of the two existing 
Societies in New York, February 16, 1893, as amended 
by striking therefrom the third paragraph of Article III, 
which provided for the admission of collaterals ; provided, 
that prior to such actual union, the membership rolls of all 

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the State Societies of both the existing societies together 
with all the original credentials and applications on which 
membership has been granted, shall be snbmitted for fresh 
examination and revision to a competent and disinterested 
committee, so constituted by mutual agreement of the gen- 
eral officers as to command the entire confidence of both the 
uniting societies ; and provided, further, that this committee 
shall be empowered and instructed to erase the name of any 
member, on the roll of any State Society, by whose creden- 
tials and application it would appear that he is not entitled 
to membership under such requirements of Article III of the 
Constitution agreed upon at New York, February i6, 1893, 
as relate to direct lineal descendants ; to the end that mem- 
bership in the Consolidated Society shall be indubitable proof 
of descent from one or more Revolutionary ancestors. 

Resolved^ That the Secretary of the General Society of 
Sons of the Revolution be instructed to transmit a copy of 
these resolutions to the Secretary of the National Society of 
Sons of the American Revolution, with an expression of our 
hope that they will be received in the same frank and kindly 
spirit in which they are sent. 

Omitting the text of the discussion which followed, Mr. 
Abbott spoke to the resolution. Bishop Whipple, Mr. Jones 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wilson of Maryland, Mr. Pugh, Mr. 
Charles F. Bell, District of Columbia; Mr. Jones, Mr. Parris, 
Judge Harden, Mr. Olyphant, Mr. Woodruff and Mr. Clarkson 
took part in the discussion. Finally the roll was called, all 
States answering " aye," except the States of Georgia and 
Florida, which asked a little further opportunity for consider- 
ation. After the roll was called Judge Harden, on behalf of 
the Society of the State of Georgia, said, " I desire to say this, 
that out of deference to the wishes of a very large majority 
the State of Georgia will acquiesce in the decision of the 
majority and vote aye. The State of Florida also votes aye." 
The resolution was accordingly carried by the unanimous 
vote of every State Society present. 

Minutes of last meeting on motion duly seconded ap- 
proved. 



The Secretary submitted the following report, viz. : 
It may be said that the number of members upon the 
rolls on the 19th of April, 1S96, taken altogether, was 5,168, 
the largest society being New York. 574 members were ad- 
mitted in the whole society, 62 died, loi resigned, so that 
the details made up to the iQtli of April, 1897, are, members 
5,579, showing a net gain of 411. The number of insignia 
is 2,306. I can, sir, give the present membership of the 
Society in a moment. It is as follows, viz. : 



Alabama, 


29 


Montana, 


38 


California, 


64 


New Hampshire, 


23 


Colorado, 


90 


New Jersey, 


119 


Connecticut, 


92 


New York, 


1,892 


District of Columbia, 


242 


North Carolina, 


34 


Florida, 


24 


North Dakota, 


12 


Georgia, 


142 


Ohio, 


246 


Illinois, 


166 


Pennsylvania, 


1,025 


Iowa, 


134 


Rhode Island, 


29 


Kentucky, 


20 


South Carolina, 


62 


Maryland, 


127 


Tennessee, 


29 


Massachusetts, 


360 


Texas, 


12 


Michigan, 


21 


Virginia, 


44 


Minnesota, 


91 


West Virginia, 


46 


Missouri, 


351 


Washington, 


15 



Received and placed on file. 



Total, 



5>579 



The Treasurer submitted the following report, viz. : 

Richard ]\I. Cadwalader, General Treasurer, 

in account with 

General Society Sons of the Revolution. 

1896. 
Apr. 20, Cash balance, $504.33 

May I, Certificate Fund, Interest U. S. Bond, $12.50 
2, " " Balance, Cost of Bond 

from Gen. Sec, 171.25 

4, Assessment, 1896, New York, 300.00 
7, " " Maryland, 61.00 

14, " " Pennsylvania, 300.00 

Aug. 5, Certificate Fund, Interest U. S. Bond, 12.50 

Sept. 19, Assessment, 1896, Massachusetts, i73-50 

Oct. I, " " Minnesota, 42.50 

2, " " Colorado, 36.00 

2, ' " " Ohio, 110.50 

5, " " Tennessee, 15.00 
5, " " Washington, 7.50 
5, " " Missouri, 151.00 
7, " " District of Columbia, 118.00 

12, " " Texas, 6.50 

13, " " South Carolina, 27.50 

14, " " New Jersey, 58.50 
21, " " Virginia, i3-oo 
29, " " Illinois, 73-00 

29, " " Iowa, 57-00 
Nov. 2, Certificate Fund, Interest U. S. Bond, 12.50 
Dec. 18, Assessment, 1896, Kentucky, 9.50 

18, " " Georgia, 62.50 

1897. 

Jan. 5, " " Connecticut, 40.50 

18, " " New Hampshire, 9.00 

18, " " North Carolina, 12.00 

30, Interest on Deposit, 9.39 
Feb. I, Certificate Fund, Interest U. S. Bond, 12.50 
Mch. 24, Assessment, 1896, West Virginia, i7-50 

1,932.14 

$2,436.47 





— UR. — 






Expenses 


of annual meeting, 


$767-51 






" General Secretary, 


826.77 






" General Treasurer, 


33-00 






" Organizing Committee, 


85.64 






" General Registrar, 


284.50 






" Hon. W. F. Draper, Com- 
mittee on Patents, House 








of Representatives, 


50.00 




Printing 


and distributing seimon of 








Rev. Chas. H. Strong, 


44.62 


$2,092.04 


1897. 








April 19th, Cash balance, 




344-43 



RECAPITULATION. 

General Fund. 
Cash Balance, April 20, 1896, $638.08 

Receipts, 1,710.89 



$221.25 
April 20th, balance due General Treas., 133.75 



$2,436.47 



Expenditures, 


$2,348.97 
2,092.34 


General Fund — balance. 

Certificate Fund. 
Received from General Secretary, $171.25 
" " Interest, 50.00 


I256.93 



Certified Fund — balance, 87.50 



Cash balance, $344.43 

RICHARD M. CADWALADER, 

General Treasurer. 
E. & O. E. April 19, 1897. 

Referred to Auditing Committee. 

The Chair appointed as Auditing Committee Mr. J. Gran" 
ville Leach of Pennsylvania ; Mr. Arthur M. Hatch of New 
York ; Mr. John Cromwell Butler of Colorado, and Mr_ 
Ralph Peters of Ohio. Mr, Peters not present. 



Mr. Montgomery submitted report ot 

CERTIFICATE FUND. 

New York, April 19, 1897. . 

Balance April 19, 1896, $351.23 

Deposits, 285. ic 



$636.33 



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Disbu r semen ts. 
R. M. Cadwalader, General Treasurer, $171.25 

Tiffany & Company, 7.75 

Kimmel & Vogt, 142.50 

E. A; Weaver, 1.25 

Tiffany & Company, 9.85 

Ames & Rollinson, 14-25 

E. A. Weaver, i.oo 

Ames & Rollinson, 9.00 

Tiffany & Company, 9.75 

Tiffany & Company, 20.00 

Ames & Rollinson, 37-55 424-15 



$212.18 



JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, 

General Secretary. 

The Chair : The same will be referred to the Auditinsr 
Committee at the same time with the Treasurer's account. 

The Committee on the Admission of New Societies after 
retiring returned and stated that having examined the creden- 
tials and papers of the Michigan State Society recommended 
the admission of that society. 

Upon motion that the report be adopted, Mr. Woodruff 
raised the point that the ;neeting was a special one, which 
point was overruled, the Chair deciding that the meeting was 
called generally. Motion seconded, put to vote and carried. 

The Secretary called the roll upon the question of the 
admission of the State of Michigan, with the following 
result : California, aye ; Colorado, aye ; Connecticut, aye ; 
District of Columbia, aye ; Georgia, aye ; Illinois, aye ; 
Iowa, aye ; Maryland, aye ; Massachusetts, aye ; Minnesota, 

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aye ; Missouri, aye ; New Hampshire, aye ; New Jersey, aye ; 
New York, aye ; North Carolina, aye ; Ohio, aye ; Pennsyl- 
vania, aye ; Rhode Island, aye ; South Carolina, aye ; Texas, 
aye ; Virginia, aye ; West Virginia, aye. 

The Chair declared the State of Michigan duly admitted, 
and invited the delegates from the State of Michigan to come 
forward and take their seats with the other delegates. 

The next business in order being General Correspond- 
ence, the Secretary read the following letter : 

Paris, March 31, 1897. 
J. Mortimer Montgomery, Esq., 

General Secretar>', etc. 

My Dear Sir : — I am in receipt of your letter of the 17th. 
I regret, more than I am able to express, that I cannot be 
with you at the General Meeting on April 19th. The deli- 
cate state of Mrs. Carroll's health will make it impossible for 
me to leave her. 

I feel, however, such a deep and lively interest in the 
welfare and future of our Society of the Sons of the Revo- 
lution, that at the risk of intruding upon the meeting, I 
would be glad to express, through you, to the assembled del- 
egates, my views in reference to certain points of the contro- 
versy which has arisen between the Sons of the American 
Revolution and our Society. 

The Society of the Sons of the Revolution, founded in 
the City of New York in 1883, was the outcome of very 
wise and patriotic counsels on the part of many distinguished 
citizens. Every item of its constitution was most carefully 
considered, its objects faithfully set forth, and its name was 
decided upon as one which would appeal to our dearest mem- 
ories and most patriotic pride as citizens of a common country. 

In its scope and purpose it was intended to be as broad as 
the domain of our favored land, and it was fondly hoped that 
in time it would embrace the name of every citizen who 
could lawfully claim direct descent from those who had 
labored for our country in its day of trial. 

Our founders never intended that two Societies with 
identical purposes should exist, and provision was made for 

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the extension of its privileges throughout every State and 
Territory of our Union. 

It was also intended that no political or religious faith 
should ever be made a test for the admission of its members, 
but the scrutiny of its managers was to be imperative as to 
the Revolutionary credentials of every man who was offered 
as a candidate for admission. 

Under these wise and patriotic regulations, our Society 
has had its full share of prosperity, and to-day its members 
number more than five thousand men. 

It therefore appears to me, that we will be called upon at 
this meeting, in a great measure, to decide whether this 
Society is to be continued upon the basis on which it has 
grown and prospered, or whether it is to become the subject 
of such changes as majorities may dictate, without reference 
to the sentiment or impulses which ruled its origin. 

Heretofore we have always acted upon the theory that no 
radical changes of name, constitution or patriotic purposes 
were necessary to enlist the interest of our fellow citizens, or 
to aid the progress of our Society. 

When, therefore, we met in National Convention in 
Savannah, in April, 1896, we issued an invitation to the 
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution to " unite 
with us in a single Society, according to the terms of union 
which were unanimously agreed upon at the separate meet- 
ings of the two Societies in New York on February 16, 

1893-" 

The correspondence which ensued upon this subject will 

clearly show that our invitation was not accepted, but that in 
its place suggestions were made that committees should be 
appointed to review the entire relations of the two Societies 
toward each other, and to form a new basis of union which 
might in the end be acceptable to both. 

It will be further seen that the General Officers of the 
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution have indi- 
cated in these letters a most earnest wish to adopt measures 
as a basis for union of the two Societies, which involve not 
only a radical change in many important items in the consti- 
tution, but even in the naine itself, of which we have always 
been so justly proud, 

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No one can carefully read the letter of the 28th of July 
addressed to us, without being startled at the suggestions it 
contains, or humiliated at the prospect of the destruction of 
many of the best attributes of our Society. 

It is impossible to say with certainty what was the 
"animus" which dictated this letter, but as the ''large 
majority''^ of the Sons of the American Revolution is dis- 
tinctly referred to, we have at least a right to suppose that 
when once this union is effected, the majority will be prepared 
to carry out such measures of " reform " as they have frankly 
expressed in this communication. 

On the other hand, we have always held that the Society 
of the Sons of the Revolution is a conservative body, proud 
of its origin, proud of its progress, and most distinctly 
wedded to its colors and its name, and it is not surprising that 
a feeling of uneasiness should prevail among our members, 
when it is feared that a mere majority vote may break up 
forever our cherished relations with the past, and destroy the 
principle of moderation and conservatism which has always 
guided our counsels. 

Entertaining, therefore, these views, and acting for the 
great future of our Society, I would most earnestly favor the 
proposition to renew the resolution which was offered to the 
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution at our Gen- 
eral Meeting in Savannah on the 20tli of April, 1896, and 
would disavow, once and for all, the purpose of making radi- 
cal changes of the name, constitution or character of our 
organization. 

In conclusion, I have only to say that, as your Executive 
Officer, I most cheerfully accept the full responsibility for 
our share of the correspondence above referred to, and have 
no apology to make for having faithfully followed the instruc- 
tions of those whom I Avas in honor bound to obey. 

I am. 

Your obedient servant, 

[Signed] JOHN LEE CARROLL. 

IMoved, seconded, put to vote and carried, that the reading 
of further correspondence be dispensed with, 

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General Business being in order, the Secretary, at the 
request of Mr. Baird of West Virginia, read the following 
resolutions offered by him, viz : 

Wliereas^ The Government of the United States, for the 
purpose of promoting patriotism and national spirit, has ac- 
quired title to the battlefields of Gettysburg, and has per- 
mitted to be erected thereon suitable monuments and tablets 
to mark the positions of the various commands of the Federal 
Army which participated in that battle ; 

And WJiereas^ The battlefield of Chickamauga has also 
been acquired and converted into a national park for a simi- 
lar purpose ; 

A7td Whereas^ Congress erected at Yorktown a monu- 
ment, which was dedicated upon the one hundredth anniver- 
sary of the surrender of the British Army at that place, in 
tcommemoration of the closing decisive battle of the Revolu- 
tionary War ; 

And Whereas^ No monument or other memorial has been 
erected by Congress upon any of the battlefields of the Revo- 
lution, in commemoration of the services of the American 
soldiers who participated therein ; 

A7id Whereas^ There is no spot more appropriate for the 
^erection of a suitable monument or memorial to commemo- 
rate the patriotism, fidelity and sufferings of the American 
.soldiers in the War of the Revolution than at Valley Forge ; 

Resolved^ That our delegates to the annual meeting of the 
sGeneral Society, to be held in Philadelphia on April 19, 1897, 
be instructed to use their best efforts to have the General 
-Society urge Congress, by memorial or otherwise, to erect a 
suitable monument upon the camp ground at Valley Forge, 
in memory of the suffering, endurance and patriotism of those 
who there, in the terrible winter of 1777-8, remained faithful 
to the cause of the Colonies under circumstances the most 
•adverse and trying to which men in any cause could be sub- 
jected, and whose conduct during that terrible ordeal forms 
-one of the brightest pages in American history. 

Adopted April 5, 1897. 

ALEX. UPDEGRAFF, 

Secretary Society of the Sons of the Revolution 

in the State of West Virginia. 

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Mr. Baird having said that these resolutions were sub- 
mitted for the approval of the General Society, it was moved, 
seconded, put to vote and carried that the General Society 
approve of these Resolutions. 

Mr. J. Granville Leach : Mr. Chairman, may I report 
for the Auditing Committee ? The Auditing Committee has 
found the accounts of the Treasurer correct, and they move 
an appropriation of $250 for the expenses of this general 
meeting, and recommend the same rate of assessment as was 
made at the last meeting. 

Report of the Auditing Committee unanimously adopted. 

The Chair : Is there any other general business ? 

Mr. E. Morgan Wood, of Ohio : Mr. Chairman, repre- 
senting, sir, as I am sure I do, a very strong sentiment in this 
Society, which looks upon the Society, not simply as a con- 
gregation of those who have inherited the glory and are try- 
ing to walk in the footsteps of their Revolutionary' sires, but 
believes that the spirit of patriotism and the generous spread 
of it throughout the nation's boundary will make strong our 
republic, insure its growth, justify the national pride which 
we have, and is anxious that the boundary lines which have 
divided Societies bent upon the same object, animated by the 
same spirit as ourselves, shall be wiped away, and that instead 
of two organizations moving in parallel lines, divided in their 
efforts, holding back many who would join with them in their 
efforts but for the reason of their lack of ability to decide as 
to the respective merits, differing nothing in the question of 
admission to membership, we should have, I say, instead of 
these two organizations one grand national organization (ap- 
plause), moving forward with a momentum impelled by the 
power of union for which our fathers strove and which many 
of us living have fought to maintain ; that the power gained 
by that union should be felt and would induce a growth of 
patriotism throughout all the land. These Societies, sir, 
amount to nothing if they are not educational, if they are not 
formed to keep burning bright forever the fire of patriotism, 
which shall be a light set upon a hill to be seen not only by 
the inhabitants of these United States, but by the nations of 

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all the world ; which shall be a lighthouse to lighten them to 
the country where liberty can be had and where patriotism is 
taught. In that spirit, sir, and representing that feeling I 
beg to offer and move the adoption of the following preamble 
and resolutions : 

WJiei-eas^ The Sons of the American Revolution in re- 
sponse to the invitation contained in the resolution passed by 
this Society at Savannah, in April, 1896, have signified their 
willingness to unite with us in one national organization. 

Whereas^ We regard and believe that they regard the 
actual union of the two Societies as of such paramount im- 
portance that the settlement of the details of union should 
be subordinated, as far as consistent with the honor and 
dignity of both Societies, to the accomplishment of that end ; 
therefore. 

Resolved, That A. H. Pugh, F. E. Abbott, Timothy L. 
Woodruff, Horace K. Tenney and Gaillard Hunt shall be a 
committee of five with full power to fill any vacancies, in 
behalf of the General Society of the Sons of the Revolution ; 
and we respectfully request the National Society of Sons of 
the American Revolution to appoint a like committee of five 
in its own behalf, these two committees of five each to consti- 
tute together the above named joint Committee of Conference 
on basis of union, which shall consider the constitution and 
plan of union of 1893, and all proposed changes thereto, and 
come to an agreement, if possible, respecting a new general 
constitution and a plan of union between the Societies. 
Each constituent committee of five shall report to its own 
General Assembly the results of the conference, togethei with 
its own recommendations respecting them. 

Resolved, That our own general officers are instructed to 
arrange as soon as possible with the general officers of the 
Sons of the American Revolution for the appointment of a 
Joint Committee of Revision of the membership rolls, which 
shall be prepared at least as early as October 12, 1897, to 
make to the two General Assemblies an exhaustive report, in 
accordance with the resolutions passed at Savannah and 
Richmond, in April, 1896. 

Resolved, That we, the General Society of Sons of the 
Revolution, hereby appoint an adjourned meeting of this 

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General Assembly, to be held at Cincinnati, Ohio, October 
12, 1897, at II A. M., and we respectfully request the National 
Society of Sons of the American Revolution, provided the 
Joint Committee of Conference on basis of union shall have 
arrived meanwhile at an agreement, to hold a General Assem- 
bly of their own in the same city at the same time in order 
that the two General Assemblies may then and there provide 
for a General Assembly of the consolidated societies, in 
accordance with the reports of the two joint committees, and 
take whatever steps may be necessar}^ to effect, as far as pos- 
sible, the actual union of the societies. 

Resolved^ That immediately after this General Assembly 
of the consolidated societies, and the complete organization 
of a new General or National Society, each State Society of the 
Sons of the Revolution shall be authorized to unite with the 
similar State Society of Sons of the American Revolution, 
under a State constitution in entire accordance with that of 
the General or National Society just formed, but not otherwise ; 
to the end that the Sons of the Revolution and the Sons of 
the American Revolution may be henceforth a single national 
organization, on a single, universal and permanent founda- 
tion. 

Resolved^ That our General Secretary be hereby instructed 
to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the Secretary Gen- 
eral of the Sons of the American Revolution. 

Mr. Charles Henry Jones, Pennsylvania : I move to 
amend that resolution by striking out the names of the com- 
mittee therein suggested, and inserting in lieu thereof that a 
committee of five be appointed by the Chair. 

Motion seconded. 

The Chair : The question will now be upon the motion 
of the gentleman from Pennsylvania, to eliminate so much 
of the resolution as names the committee, and for the Chair 
to appoint a committee of five. 

Mr. Wood : Inasmuch as there is no business which will 
come before us at the present time more important than this, 
while I do not like to delay the proceedings, I would like a roll 
call on this amendment. 

The Secretary: Are the g-eneral officers entitled to vote? 



The Chair : I rule that they are. 

The Secretary proceeded to call the roll with the follow- 
ing result, viz. : 

General Vice-President Vroom : I will not vote. 

Ayes : Second Vice-President, General Secretary, Assist- 
ant General Secretary, General Treasurer, California, Connec- 
ticut, Georgia, Marj'land, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New 
York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Vir- 
ginia. 

Noes : Assistant General Treasurer, General Registrar, 
General Historian, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, 
Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North 
Carolina, Ohio, Texas and West Virginia. 

The Secretary : Mr. President, the result of the vot- 
ing by the roll is a tie. Of the States, twelve have voted 
Aye and thirteen No. Of the general officers, four have 
voted Aye and three No, making sixteen votes each. 

The Vice-President : I will vote aye. 

Mr. Wood : May I be heard one moment upon a question 
of privilege? 

The Chair : You may. 

Mr. Wood : I desire the Chair to rule whether the gen- 
eral officers are entitled to vote on a matter of this kind, and 
whether there is authority given by the constitution for the 
general officers to vote on a question of this kind. 

The Chair : There is such authority. In the first place, 
every one knows that the General Society is composed of the 
general officers and the delegates elected by the State Socie- 
ties, and it has always been the custom upon all occasions 
at every meeting at which I have been present for the general 
officers to vote on a matter of this kind, and for that reason 
I directed the Secretar}^ to call their names. 

Mr. Wood : The President says it has always been the 
custom. Has that question ever been raised and ruled upon ? 

Mr. Harris : Yes, that question was raised at the Boston 
meeting of the Society. It was raised and ruled upon. 

Amendment of Mr. Jones of Pennsylvania is adopted. 

Mr. Jones (Pennsylvania) asks Mr. Wood (Ohio) to ex- 
plain the resolution providing for the work of the Committee 



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on Credentials. As at present proposed, it provides a limited 
time for the appointment of the Committee and a limited 
time within which its work is to be done. In order to ac- 
complish their work within the prescribed time they must 
begin work at once. When the committee takes up this work 
where will it find the qualifications of membership which are 
to be applied as the test to each application ? It cannot adopt 
those which are to be found in the Constitution of the Sons of 
the Revolution, nor can it adopt those which are found in the 
C onstitution of the Sons of the American Revolution. Neither 
of these constitutions will furnish the correct test of member- 
ship. 

When this resolution was passed in Savannah, we had 
before us the constitution of 1893, which contained a dis- 
tinctive qualification of membership, and it was understood 
that this Joint Committee should test every applicant for 
membership by the qualifications of that clause. But now 
the constitution of 1893 is not accepted. Then we have no 
basis of qualification which is to act as a test upon those ap- 
plications, and the Committee would have nothing to go by. 
It seems to me, therefore, that this resolution will either have 
to be modified in some way, so as to make it operative and 
practical, or else it is necessary to strike it out. 

Mr. Cable : I understand the delegate from the State of 
New Hampshire voted under a misapprehension, and I under- 
stand that he desires to move a reconsideration of this vote. 

Mr. Elwyn of New Hampshire : That is a fact. I did 
vote under a misapprehension. 

The Chair : The question is open to reconsideration. 

Moved and seconded that the question be reconsidered. 

Mr. Wood : I trust the motion is thoroughly understood. 
That the question is a reconsideration of the amendment of 
Mr. Jones to strike out the names of the committee suggested, 
and to authorize the Chairman to appoint them. That to 
vote Aye for reconsideration is to bring the question up for 
reconsideration again. 

The Chair : I think the Society so considers it. 

The question is upon the motion to reconsider the vote by 
which the amendment was adopted. 

Mr. Collins : The amendment will have to be put to vote. 



The Secretary proceeded to call the roll. 

Ayes : Assistant General Treasurer, General Registrar, 
General Historian, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, 
Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New 
Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and West Virginia. 

Noes : General Vice-President, Second Vice-President, 
General Secretary, Assistant General Secretary, General 
Treasurer, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, New 
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Caro- 
lina and Virginia. 

The Secretary announces the vote as. Ayes i6. Noes 15. 

The Chair : The motion to reconsider the vote has been 
carried. The question now will be upon the amendment 
offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania upon which the 
roll of the Society has been called. 

Mr. Wood : Will the Chair state the amendment ? 

The Chair : The amendment is to strike out so much 
of the resolution, that is, of the first resolution offered by the 
gentleman from Ohio, as names the members of the Com- 
mittee to be appointed on behalf of the General Society of 
Sons of the Revolution, and to authorize the Chair to appoint 
the Committee. That is the amendment. All in favor of 
this amendment, when their names are called, will answer 
aye, opposed, no. 

The Secretary proceeded to call the roll. 

Ayes : General Vice-President, Second Vice-President, 
General Secretary, Assistant General Secretary, General Treas- 
urer, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, 
New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and 
Virginia. 

Noes : Assistant General Treasurer, General Registrar, 
General Historian, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, 
Iowa, Michigan, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New 
Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and West Virginia. 

Mr. Elwyn asks to change his vote. 

The Secretary : The vote as recorded is 15 Ayes, 16 Noes. 

The Chair : The motion of the gentleman from Pennsyl- 
vania amending this portion of the resolutions of the gentle- 
man from Ohio is lost. The resolution is still before the 
house. I would like to ask a question from the chair of the 

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gentleman from Ohio, because it may be my duty to rule 
upon a part of these resolutions as possibly out of order. 
This resolution providing for the meeting of the two general 
assemblies in October, at Cincinnati, to take steps to effect, as- 
far as possible, the actual union of the societies. The mover 
of the resolution must have been aware that the carrying out 
of the objects of the resolution, as a matter of course, would 
import an amendment of our constitution. You cannot 
unite this society with another society without changing 
the constitution under which we act. The constitution can 
only be changed by the votes of the several State Societies. 
It has already been ruled by the General Society of the Sons 
of the Revolution that it requires the vote of every State 
Society to change the fundamental covenant, the constitution 
of the Sons of the Revolution. Now, if that is so, how is it 
possible that any steps can be taken toward the union of these 
societies at Cincinnati ? I want to call the attention of the 
gentleman to it, because it might provoke considerable dis- 
cussion and may make a great deal of trouble. The question 
of submitting the matter of union to a committee is one 
thing, the question of accomplishing the union is another 
thing; and therefore, it seems to me no steps should be taken 
here which would be directly in violation of the constitution; 
and before leaving that matter I want to submit that question 
to the gentleman. I think the matter is out of order as it 
stands now. 

The Chair states, in response to a request to have read 
the clause of the constitution in reference to amendments, 
that there is no provision in the constitution for amendments, 
that the general constitution is a compact between the State 
Societies and the General Society, and having been adopted 
unanimously can only be changed by unanimous vote ; that 
you might bring to Cincinnati the Sons of the American 
Revolution, but if you cannot unite with them what would be 
the object. 

Mr. Duke : It seems to me that the point is well taken, 
and assuming this resolution is carried it leaves the matter in 
abeyance. The two General Societies are to meet in Cincin- 
nati and there provide for a union and for a general assembly 
of the consolidated societies, and whatever steps may be neces- 

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sary to effect, as far as possible, the actual union of the societies ; 
but no union can take place until after that general conven- 
tion, the action of which would be referred to the State Soci- 
eties, to take whatever steps should be necessary for this 
union. I should certainly vote against any resolution likely 
to result in the amalgamation of these two societies until all' 
the State Societies shall have acted upon it. 

The Chair : I desire to call your attention to the proba- 
ble outcome of this resolution that the Society may not be 
be placed in a wrong position. It may be assumed that the 
words " and there provide for a General Assembly of the 
consolidated societies at some place " would give power to 
these gentlemen to meet and unite. 

Mr. Duke : That is qualified by the following language : 
" In accordance with the reports of the two joint committees, 
and take whatever steps are necessary to effect, as far as pos- 
sible, the actual union of the societies," 

Mr. Collins : The difficulty can be met by striking out 
the words " of the consolidated societies." 

Mr. PuGH : The movers of this resolution are willing tO' 
accept the omission of those words. 

Judge Harden : I ask merely to say a word, which I 
would not have said if the Chair had not suggested the pointy 
but would have reserved it for further discussion later. It is 
as to the scope and effect of this resolution. As I understand 
it, this Society now is to say whether we will meet in Cincin- 
nati at a certain time. Then we ask the other Society that 
they will meet there at the same time, certainly with no view 
of trifling or frittering away the time of either one of these 
joint committees, and that this joint committee so provided 
for shall report its action to the respective general societies. 
These general societies will each meet separately, and hold 
general assemblies there in the same city at the same time, in 
order that the two general assemblies may then and there 
provide for a general assembly of the consolidated societies. 
Now, if we strike out the word " consolidated " or leave the 
word " consolidated " in, it seems to me to make absolutely 
no difference, because each society, the Sons of the Revolu- 
tion and the Sons of the American Revolution, are meeting 
separately to arrange for a meeting together, and if they 

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meet together they can only meet together as the general 
assemblies of the two societies, and not as one society ; and 
then take whatever steps are necessary to effect, as far as 
possible, the actual union of the societies. I hold that the 
point is exceedingly well taken that the convention of the 
Sons of the Revolution and the convention of the Sons of 
the American Revolution appointed together cannot act to- 
gether as one body, unless the societies be consolidated, and 
that they cannot be consolidated until the consent of every 
State Society to such consolidation has taken place. 

Mr. Wood : We will cross that bridge when we come to 
it. The friends of this resolution have no desire to force 
them down by the simple power of votes, and against the 
wishes of those who differ honestly with them. Both of us 
have at heart the welfare and the prosperity of our much be- 
loved Society (applause). The question is just how it is best 
to reach it. In what way can this Society carry out the ob- 
jects proposed by it, now enunciated by it to the world ? I 
am willing, therefore, so far as I have anything to say in this 
matter, to concede all these contested points where we differ 
in opinion, which do not go to the life of the resolution, but 
I am not willing to give up that. I am willing to go further 
than the gentleman proposes. I am willing to strike out the 
words " and there provide for a general assembly of the 
consolidated societies," so that it shall read " to hold a gene- 
ral assembly of their own in the same city at the same time, 
in order that the two general assemblies may then, in accord- 
ance with the joint reports of the two joint committees, take 
whatever steps are necessary to effect the actual union of the 
societies." If we do not agree upon those steps, if we do not 
show by our feeling, if those two committees do not agree to 
present a joint committee report favoring this union, we can- 
not go further. If that report is not endorsed by us, we can 
go no further, and there will be no necessity for a joint as- 
sembly. If it does go further, then will be time enough to 
provide for the general assembly ; we will provide for it when 
we meet there. I am willing, as far as I am concerned, to 
leave the question whether we shall have a joint assembly at 
all to the action of the committee at Cincinnati. 

Mr. Stevens : It seems to me that these resolutions ig- 

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nore the fact that every change of the constitution must be 
accepted by every individual State Society in our organiza- 
tion. There is nothing of the kind in this resolution ; only 
the last resolution but one reads that " Immediately after this 
general assembly of the consolidated societies, and the com- 
plete organization of a new general or national society, each 
State Society of the Sons of the Revolution shall be author- 
ized to unite with the similar State Society of Sons of the 
American Revolution, under a State constitution in entire 
accordance with that of the general or national society just 
formed, but not otherwise ; to the end that the Sons of the 
Revolution and the Sons of the American Revolution may 
be henceforth a single national organization, on a single, 
universal and permanent foundation." Now, if a copy of 
these resolutions be handed to the committee of the Sons of 
the American Revolution without any information to them 
that it will require the consent of every State Society in our 
organization, we may be leading them into error. They 
might think that the committee had full power to consoli- 
date. I would suggest to the gentleman from Ohio that he 
insert an additional amendment or resolution to this eflFect, 
that it will require the assent of every State Society in this 
organization before a complete organization may be made 
with the Sons of the American Revolution. 

Mr. Collins : I suggest that the last resolution but two 
is all straight if you strike out the words " in order that the 
two general assemblies may then and there provide for a 
general assembly of the consolidated societies, in accordance 
with the reports of the two joint committees, and take what- 
ever steps may be necessary to effect, as far as possible, the 
actual union of the societies." If you strike out those words 
you do not need the next resolution at all. If you intend it, 
you certainly must strike out the words " immediately after 
this general assembly of the consolidated societies." It would 
read : " Resolved, That immediately after," but I don't see 
the slightest need of the next to the last resolution. 

Mr. Delafield : I move to strike out all after the pre- 
amble and the first resolution. 

Motion seconded. 

Mr. Wood : I trust that motion will not prevail. The 

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point made by my friend from the Pennsylvania Society that 
there was no criterion or no test of membership provided I 
take to be the very gist of this whole thing. If we want 
union, it is as members of the same society upon the same 
footing. I am not willing to leave to uncertainty the qualifi- 
cations for eligibility to be drafted alone hereafter. I want it 
to be settled now. I therefore do not want a second resolution 
providing for a committee of revision. I do not want the 
resolution providing for the meeting to be stricken out, nor 
do I want the other resolution stricken out. Let us go as far 
as we can. If we cannot get to the point which we desire, let 
us go as far as possible. If it requires a compromise, let us 
in the spirit of fairness meet them half way. Every one de- 
sires a union, and the simple question is the basis on which 
the union shall be made. I therefore trust that the motion 
which the gentleman made may not be carried. 

Judge Pennypacker : It may, perhaps, be germane to the 
resolution which has been offered by the gentleman on my 
right to call attention to my thought that this fourth resolu- 
tion is an exposition of what was meant by the third resolu- 
tion, and is open to the objection which was suggested to j-ou, 
that it is unconstitutional, since it provides that each State 
Society of the Sons of the Revolution shall be authorized to 
unite with the similar State Society of the Sons of the Amer- 
ican Revolution under state constitution in entire accordance 
with that of the general or national society just formed. It 
looks like instructing our State Societies that they may go off 
and leave this organization and unite with another under a 
constitution to be formed at this assembly of the two different 
societies. That, in effect, is to overthrow the constitution 
under which we are now acting. I suggest to you and to 
the gentleman from Ohio that it is open to that objection. 

Mr. Wood : Will the gentleman read the first seven or 
eight lines, which do away with that objection ? 

Judge Pennypacker : I do not catch your thought. 
" That immediately after this general assembly of the con- 
solidated societies," — that is, the general assembly which is 
brought about by the meeting of the two societies, " and for 
the organization of the new general or national society, each 
State Society of the Sons of the Revolution shall be author- 

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ized to unite with the similar State Society of Sons of the 
American RevoUition, under a state constitution in entire ac- 
cordance with that of the general or national society just 
formed." That is, it looks to the organization of a society 
with a new constitution, and directs that our State Societies 
may accept that constitution. 

Mr. Wood : The gentleman's point is well taken, of 
course. I beg his pardon, because I have in my mind an 
amendment — 

Mr. DelafieIvD : Mr. Chairman — 

The Chair : The gentleman from Connecticut is in order. 

Mr. PuGH : Do I understand that the gentleman from 
Connecticut moves to strike out everything but the preamble 
and the first resolution ? 

Mr. Dei^afieIvD : Yes. 

Mr. PuGH : He does not intend that this Committee on 
Credentials shall go into effect. We want to understand the 
■effect of the resolution about to be voted upon. Everything 
shall be erased after the first resolution. 

The Chair : That is the motion. 

Judge Harden : As I understand it, the question now be- 
fore the society is the motion of the gentleman from Connecti- 
cut, Mr. Delafield, to strike out all from this paper after the 
first resolution? I would favor that amendment. I will 
favor that amendment, and I will as briefly as I can state the 
reasons why I favor it, hoping that what I may say will bring 
before this assembly some facts which perhaps some of the 
members, some of the newer members, may not have hereto- 
fore had called to their attention. I go heart and hand with 
the gentleman from Ohio, Mr. Wood, when he says, this is an 
association where harmony is necessary and advisable above 
all other things. That was not his language, that was the 
substance of it. I take it for granted that every man in this 
association as a delegate, and every man who aided to send 
them here, is actuated by but one motive, and that the good 
of the society. I claim that for myself. I yield it to everyone 
-else. Therefore, when we are going to undertake an import- 
ant question, a question which involves the very existence of 
the society, we must consider it harmoniously, carefully and 
candidly. I, therefore, will now at this point ask the indul- 

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gence of the gentlemen presenting those resolutions, while I 
proceed to protest against them in the fairest, the most candid 
and most respectful manner, and to state why I, personally, 
with some others with whom I have consulted, cannot concur 
with the movants, and why we think, if they are to be 
passed at all, they should be passed in a very modified form. 

The first " whereas " states : " Whereas, The Sons of the 
American Revolution, in response to the invitation contained 
in the resolution passed by this Society at Savannah in April, 
1896, have signified their willingness to unite with us in one 
national organization." That is true, but it is a long way 
from being all the truth. The facts are, as must be known 
to every gentleman here, if he has had interest enough in the 
society to try to inform himself, that the Sons of the Ameri- 
can Revolution, in response to the invitation passed in 
Savannah, passed unanimously, have failed to act upon the 
invitation which we have sent them. They said neither yes 
nor no, but they said, we are willing to unite with you on a 
basis to be hereafter determined. It is a well known maxim 
of law, and not only well known, but perhaps oftener applied 
than almost any other, that the expression of one thing is the 
exclusion of another. When we agree with you that we will 
come together, provided a suitable basis can be arranged, we 
necessarily mean but not on the basis which you have proposed. 
Now at that meeting in Savannah, as you have heard from the 
minutes of it, the Society of the State of Georgia, which I 
had the honor to represent, hesitated long, and finall}', much 
against its judgment, but for the sake of harmony, voted for 
the resolutions introduced by Dr. Abbott from the Massachu- 
setts Society ; but before it did it, it was assured in the most 
positive, direct and unequivocal manner that there was no 
secret meaning, there was no secret intention lurking behind 
those words, it was fair and square and open, we mean what 
we say, we mean no more and we mean no less, and for that 
reason we of Georgia voted, and for that reason I think every 
other State Society voted for it. 

Now, in good faith, that resolution has been presented to 
the Sons of the American Revolution. Is it met in good 
faith ? The gentlemen who are the officers and who are the 
members of the Society of the Sons of the American Revo- 

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lutioii are intelligent, extremely intelligent, and not only 
that, they are astute, extremely astute. They knew what 
they were doing, they knew they were temporizing with us, 
they knew that they would not accept the proposition as 
made, unmodified, but they did not say so, and they did not 
say so for a purpose ; they have made no response to that 
proposition, they have taken no notice of it further than to call 
the attention of the general officers of this Society to a proposi- 
tion which they, the American Society, made to our general 
officers, and which they knew when they made it our general 
officers had no power to accept. Therefore, it seems to me when 
we say " The Sons of the American Revolution, in response to 
the invitation contained in the resolution passed by this Society 
at Savannah, in April, 1896, have signified their willingness to 
unite with us in one national organization," as I say, we are 
stating the truth, but an extremely small part of it. Our 
proposition is that we will unite with you upon the basis of 
the agreement of 1893, and we will strike from that agree- 
ment, because you have talked a great deal about it since, 
through the papers and elsewhere, the part that you thought 
objectionable, we will strike from that the admission of col- 
laterals. The only thing we understand you object to we 
will strike out. And now they come and say, unfairly, if you 
are amending the constitution, why can't we amend it. They 
are astute, very astute, they have misled many gentlemen 
of our society who are unfamiliar with their real objects. 

And here, speaking of general officers, let me make a 
parenthetical remark ; one of the gentlemen, I do not know 
who, nor do I recognize what state he is from, asked the 
question of the Chair, if it was fair in determining a question 
of policy that the general ofiicers should have the same power 
of vote which is — 

Mr. PuGH : I rise to a point of order. This question is 
upon the amendment of the gentleman — 

Judge Harden : I am saying why I will support the 
amendment, and I have a right to say it, unless I say some- 
thing that is unparliamentary. 

The Chair : The gentleman is in order. 

Mr. PuGH : Is a discussion of the right of general officers 
to vote in order ? 

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Judge Harden : I hope the gentleman will bear with me 
in patience, I will not trouble him much longer, if I am 
troubling him. The statement has been made here that it 
was unfair, and there was a special protest against the ruling 
of the Chair, that one general officer should carry as much 
power as a whole State. I simply want to say that it seems 
to me that that is just as fair as to have one state having 
twelve members exercising the same power of vote as another 
state with nineteen hundred members — 

Mr. Wood : Two wrongs do not justify a right. 

Judge Harden : I think a right never requires to be justi- 
fied. 

I wanted to say this, in the interest of the harmony I spoke 
,of, that the gentlemen who vote upon this matter may do so in 
the real interest of harmony. I believe them sincere, but they 
ishould be disposed to remember the gentlemen who represent 
a far larger interest than they do, and not only patiently hear 
their views, but carefully consider their clearly expressed 
preferences, in order that they may honestly determine 
whether real harmony and real prosperity will be attained if 
the twelve votes counterbalance the nineteen hundred. The 
twelve votes have that power : would it be wise, and in the 
interests of harmony, to exercise it? 

Continuing, the resolution says : " We regard, and believe 
that they regard, the actual union of two societies as of 
such paramount importance that the settlement of the details 
of union should be subordinated, as far as consistent with the 
honor and dignity of both societies, to the accomplishment 
of that end." Undoubtedly : but the state of facts shown by 
the correspondence between their and our general officers 
impresses me as indicating that the " details " to be discussed 
are questions of extremely grave importance, invohnng our 
receding from the only proposition we had made, and chang- 
ing the very name of the Society. It is true it is a detail, but 
an extremely serious detail, that we should open up the whole 
matter and the question of changing and altering the consti- 
tution as preliminary to their consenting even to treat with us. 

Now, it seems to me that if the Society of the Sons of 
the American Revolution had been disposed to act fairly and 
.squarely towards us, and in the same good faith that we ap- 

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preached them with, they would have met our proposition by a 
counter-proposition. We stated to them upon what terms we 
were willing to unite. They do not state to us upon what 
terms they are willing to unite ; and, therefore, it seems to 
me that the settlement of the details of union should not be 
subordinate, so far as we are concerned. And when gentle- 
men speak of details as " unimportant," and as " secondary," 
though they may involve the change of the fundamental law 
of the society in some of the most serious aspects — I do not 
agree with them. This society, as has been said in a letter 
written by the President-General, has a record, an honorable 
record ; a part of its record is its very name, and it does not 
wish to see the name changed, and the intimation is strong 
from the other gentlemen in their letters to our officers, that 
they are not going to join with the Sons of the Revolution un- 
less the Sons of the Revolution call themselves the Sons of the 
American Revolution, or some other name to be decided 
upon. 

Then comes the rest of these resolutions, and after the first 
resolution, which it is proposed to leave — this motion has 
been made to strike out all the others — it is first provided 
that there shall be a meeting, and that that meeting shall 
provide for the taking of such steps as may be necessary to 
effect, so far as possible, the actual union of the two societies. 
I think there is a misapprehension on the part of many of the 
gentlemen present ; and our attention has been directed by the 
presiding officer to the fact that the nature of this organiza- 
tion is not understood as clearly and distinctly as it should 
be. Questions have been asked, does the Chair say the Gen- 
eral Society can do this and the General Society can do that ? 
Does it provide for any amendment ? No, it is profoundly 
silent. What are the facts? The Society of Sons of the 
Revolution started in one, or two, or three states. Now, this 
General Society was formed under a written constitution, and 
every state which has come in since has come in under that 
constitution, that contract ; and when such a contract is made 
it cannot be changed except by the consent of every party to 
that contract. What other party to that contract can say to 
the State of Georgia or to the State of New York, you shall 
do this and you shall not do that, or you may do this and 



you may do that? What authority can the General Society 
ever have for calling together the different State Societies for 
the purpose of carrying that union through? What authority 
has that society to do anything more than to say we, the 
delegates from various states, have agreed that it would be 
advantao-eous to make such and such changes in the formation 
of our societies, but we have no power to act on the matter, and 
will have to submit it to all the states, and if a single state 
refuses, the compact cannot be changed, even as to the others. 
Because, if the others say, we will leave you, go on and form 
another society, they cannot do that, because they are acting 
in bad faith to the State Societies which came in. I do not 
believe in the society passing a resolution which cannot end 
in anything. For these reasons I support the motion of Mr. 
Delafield to strike out all after the words of the preamble and 
first resolution. 

Mr. PuGH : I think the gentleman from Georgia will give 
credit to the gentlemen north of the Ohio that they are will-^ 
ing to give him, that we all want harmony. What we are 
trying to do here, we think, in our way, will be for the benefit 
of this cause. The gentleman, in placing his interpretation, 
upon the action of the Sons of the American Revolution, 
in the City of Richmond, on the 30th of April last, has hardly 
done justice to their plain spoken words; the interpretation 
of those words that have been made by our general officers is 
not a subject for discussion here. They, the Sons of the 
American Revolution, received an invitation from us couched 
in plain language, which was extended when we met on April 
20th, in Savannah, and replied to it manfully and asked for a 
committee of conference. Now, as to what has been the 
result since then we have nothing to do. 

We, who represent these resolutions, wish this meeting to 
appoint a conference committee to meet the request made at 
Richmond, and if possible, to carry into effect the intention 
of the Savannah resolutions, which was to bring about an 
honorable union of the two societies, (and not an absorption 
of one society by the other,) which our general officers have 
thought they could not do under the Savannah resolutions. 
This is the object of it, that is all we have to say about it. 
The Sons of the American Revolution have replied manfully.. 

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They have stated in their convention that they wanted a 
committee of conference. 

This is the meeting of representatives of the State Societies 
here to-day, and, with the general officers who are here, con- 
stitnte this General Assembly. These general officers conld 
not exist bnt for the State Societies, I think that is clear. 
They first met and formed this General Society and elected 
these gentlemen. The State Societies have sent us here with 
authority to bring to your attention these resolutions. There 
is no member of the Ohio Society who wants it to lose its 
identity in this General Society. There is nothing in these 
resolutions that provides for this General Society going out of 
existence, unless you want it to. The resolutions are that 
these conference committees submit reports to an adjourned 
meeting, and if those reports are adopted then a certain pro- 
cedure goes on. You ask, what will become of these other 
societies under the provisions of the new constitution ? Just 
whatever the new constitution provides for. We are not here 
to hurt anybody else's feelings. We do not want to do it. 
We feel that you are just as honest as we are. But since 1893 
this organization has probably increased three times in num- 
bers, and the men who are new members of this organization 
do not care for 1893, ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ Y^^- '^^^Y do not care for it, 
so far as to the feelings that grew out of the personal animosi- 
ties. What they do care for is that we stand before the 
country as one united society of descendants, — lineal descent, 
not collateral, — without any doubtful members or anything 
of that kind. And we submit these resolutions to the society 
in the language in which they are expressed. 

The Chair : The question will be upon the amendment 
offered by the gentleman from Connecticut to strike out all 
of the resolutions after the preamble and the first resolution, 
to strike out all of the resolutions offered by the gentleman 
from Ohio following the first resolution, viz., the last four 
resolves. 

The Secretary proceeded to call the roll, with the follow- 
ing result, viz.: 

Ayes : General Vice-President, Second Vice-President, 
General Secretary, Assistant General Secretary, General 
Treasurer ; California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, New 



Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South 
Carolina. 

Noes : Assistant General Treasurer, General Registrar, 
General Historian; Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, 
Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North 
Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, West Virginia. 

Mr. Duke, of Virginia : The State of Virginia is divided, 
consequently we cannot vote. 

Mr. Harris : The result of the vote is fourteen votes in 
the affirmative and sixteen in the negative. 

The Chair : The motion of the gentleman from Connect- 
icut, Mr. Delafield, is lost. 

Judge Harden (Georgia) : I will beg the indulgence of 
the society for a moment while I offer a substitute for the 
resolutions as they now stand. 

Mr. Collins : I think there is some amendment to the 
resolutions which has not been acted upon. I think that 
ought to be done first. 

Mr. Wood (Ohio) : The Judge has the floor if he desires 
it. I move, sir, to amend the third resolution by striking 
out in the third line from the end the words, " and there pro- 
vide for a general assembly of the consolidated societies, in 
accordance with," and also so much of the last two lines as 
follow the words " two joint committees." In other words, 
to strike out " and take whatever steps may be necessary to 
effect, as far as possible, the actual union of the societies," 
and to insert after the third line from the end, " the two 
joint assemblies may then take action upon the reports of 
the two joint committees." The resolution will then read, 
" Resolved, That we, the General Society of Sons of the 
Revolution, hereby appoint an adjourned meeting of this 
General Assembly, to be held at Cincinnati, O., October 12, 
1897, at II A. M., and we respectfully request the National 
Society of Sons of the American Revolution, provided the 
joint committee of conference on basis of union shall have 
arrived meanwhile at an agreement, to hold a General Assem- 
bly of their own in the same city at the same time, in order 
that the two general assemblies may then take action upon 
the reports of the two joint committees." That strikes out 
the provision for the General Assembly of the consolidated 

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societies, and strikes out the sentence " to take whatever 
steps are necessary to effect, as far as possible, the actual 
union of the societies." I move to amend the resolution in 
that manner. 

The Chair : The question will be upon the amendment 
offered by the gentleman from Ohio. 

Seconded, put to vote and carried. 

The Chair : There is another peculiarity in these resolu- 
tions, and I think it takes a tone from the General Society, 
which I want to call your attention to. We ought not to be 
put upon the record as stating a fact in resolutions that are 
going to another society entirely foreign to us which would 
be misleading. These resolutions would imply that the 
General Society could authorize the State Societies to do 
anything that they did not want to do. The gentleman, 
upon reflection, will perceive that the General Society is the 
mere creature of the State Societies. It seems to me that it 
is a great deal better to leave out all reference to that. 

Mr. Seymour (Michigan) : I move to strike out the next 
to the last resolution. I don't think it ought to have come 
in this present convention at all. I move that the section 
before the last in this resolution be stricken out. 

Seconded, put to vote and carried. 

Judge Harden : The question, I believe, is now on the 
amendment to the third resolution. In view of the circum- 
stance of this morning's discussion, I repeat that I believe 
the gentlemen who have offered these resolutions have done 
so in good faith, and because they believe it to be their duty 
to the society ; we all agree, have iterated and reiterated that 
we all mean well, but, perhaps, some of us don't know. Now 
whether it be us or the other gentlemen is a matter to be 
determined, but it is quite sure that when a number of gen- 
tlemen are agreed upon a certain end, but are not agreed 
upon the details, there must be something wrong somewhere. 
Now, as I understand these resolutions, as amended, they 
begin with a whereas, to which I have already expressed ob- 
jection, and when I say " I," I mean those gentlemen who repre- 
sent thirty-five hundred of the five thousand members of the 
Society. The second whereas is open to the same objection. 

The first resolve provides for a committee, to which none 

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of us have the slightest objection, (except personally I think a 
discourtesy might be implied, although it was not intended,) 
beyond that it was rather a reflection upon the Chair's ability to 
select this committee, to take its appointment out of his hands, 
and that is the one reason why we all objected to it. Now, this 
resolution provides for a committee of five to confer with a 
committee of five from the other side, as to what these gentle- 
men want us to do, what they will consent to do, what can 
we do to cause them to unite with us, what can we do that 
would make them willing to unite with us. Those whom I 
represent feel that that is a letting down of our dignity. Of 
course, the other gentlemen do not think so, else they would 
vote as we do. We may be wrong and they may be right ; 
but it seems to me that when I extend the hand of fellowship 
to a man, and he refuses to accept that hand until I do some- 
thing else that is indefinite and undeclared, I will not extend 
him my hand any longer. Let them say yes or no, like men, 
and accept or reject. We don't care which — I speak for 
myself alone — but do not let us go after them and say, 
" Please, gentlemen, won't you accept us on some terms, 
won't you come to us on some terms : let us unite." 

As I say, many objects and aims are extremely desirable, 
but sometimes they cost too much, and that is my view of 
this ; therefore, I offer as a substitute — I am afraid merely 
pro forma — but we will have the record, the following reso- 
lutions, viz. : 

Wliereas^ The General Society of the Sons of the Revo- 
lution in general meeting assembled at Savannah, in the 
State of Georgia, on the 20th day of April, 1896, proffered, 
sincerely and fraternally, a standing invitation to the National 
Society of Sons of the American Revolution to unite with it 
in a single General Society, upon certain terms of union and 
provisos in said proffer set forth. 

And Whereas^ The preamble and resolutions extending 
such invitation were transmitted to said National Society of 
Sons of the American Revolution, and were considered by it 
at its meeting in Richmond, Virginia, on April 30, 1896, and 
neither accepted nor declined in terms, but declined by impli- 
cation ; 

Resolved^ By the General Society of Sons of the Revolu- 



tion, in Special General Meeting assembled, that it has, under 
the circumstances, no other proposition to offer. 

Resolved Further^ That should any proposition for union, 
stating explicitly upon what terms the National Society of 
Sons of the American Revolution desire such union, be made 
by said society to this society, this society will carefully, 
Tespectfully, fairly and fraternally consider and act upon the 
same. 

Mr. Wilson (Maryland) : I second those resolutions. 

The Chair : The question is upon the substitute offered 
by the gentleman from Georgia. 

Judge Pennypacker (Pennsylvania) : I am not in accord 
entirely with the language of the substitute of the gentleman 
from Georgia. |I am in entire sympathy with the objects 
which he seeks to accomplish, and I feel that I am called 
upon to express to this meeting what I believe to be the 
thought of the Society in Pennsylvania. 

The Sons of the Revolution were organized in the City of 
New York in 1883, and the Sons of the American Revolution 
were organized in 1889. Now, I am well aware that our 
society looks back to one begun in February, 1876, and that 
the other society looks back to the California Society which 
was organized July 4, 1876, but it is very much like some 
pedigrees I have seen. They begin with Alfred the Great and 
run with entire certainty down to a point, and then they be- 
gin with John Smith and continue with certainty up to an- 
other point, but between them there is a gap, which the bold 
genealogist has to leap over. I think it is so with these 
societies, and that I have stated accurately the beginning of 
them both. 

The Sons of the American Revolution began its career in 
1889 under the leadership of some men who had been mem- 
bers of the Sons of the Revolution, and has so continued. 
They were entitled to go away from their society if they 
so chose. At the outset they made the first mistake, and that 
was in adopting a name which was almost identical with that 
of the society which they left, and the result of which has 
been to mislead many persons who have since connected 
themselves with that organization. That was the preliminary 
mistake. Then came the efforts to unite the two societies ; 

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because it was generally recognized, as it is now by all of 
us here, that it is desirable that upon some correct basis of 
union there should be a combination. Committees were 
formed, as it is proposed to-day to do, and they met together, 
they conferred and they consulted, and they reached a definite 
result which ought to have been satisfactory to both societies. 
How that result failed, and why it was we all know. It was 
because this organization insisted as a preliminary upon the 
examination of the qualifications, and the other organization 
refused to have that preliminary examination made. That 
was the second mistake, because when the societies were to be 
united they were to be made up of men who came within the 
qualifications which had been determined upon. 

Now, as to the next step. I think the position of our 
officers, in their efforts to carry out the instructions which 
they received in Savannah, is entirely correct. At the meet- 
ing of this society one year ago, in 1896, we made a formal 
proffer to the Sons of the American Revolution to carry 
out the terms of union of the societies upon the basis which 
had been adopted. We went out of our way to present it 
to them. We put it in definite language, so that there 
could be no misunderstanding. Now, what was required 
of them, what ought they as gentlemen to have done? 
To have met our proposition. To have answered it. It 
was the only thing to do. Horse jockeys, in the sale of 
a horse, may offer the animal at a sum, and the other side, 
instead of answering the question, may make another prop- 
osition, but, dealing as we are, with men of high stand- 
ing, and dealing upon a high plane, our self-respect, our 
dignity, requires that we should insist upon having our 
proposition answered before we reply to the suggestions 
made by them. 

That is our feeling about it in the State of Pennsyl- 
vania. We are willing for this union, but we want it clearly 
understood we are not anxious. We are satisfied with our 
efforts. We are content with our strength. We are more 
than pleased with the action of our general officers, and 
nothing indicates better the courtesy, the accuracy and the 
exactness of the language which was presented upon our side 
of the question than the correspondence ; and being so satis- 

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fied we have no wish to rush into a union of this character.. 
If we go we will go openly, with our heads erect, and above 
board. Marriage is a good thing. It is an institution to be 
commended ; but I have never yet known a young girl who 
was so eager to be married that she was ready to desert her 
home and abandon her father and mother and run away in 
the night with some adventurer, who did not find it either lead 
to one of two things, her return home humiliated to be taken 
care of, or else her final destruction. If Pennsylvania comes 
into this union she must come with the proprieties preserved. 
She will not sacrifice her self-respect. I say, therefore, if Penn- 
sylvania is to come that is the only way in which she is willing 
to come. She is content and happy as she is now, and there 
she proposes to remain unless a union can be brought about, 
without the sacrifice of self respect. 

Mr. Parris (District of Columbia) : I want to say one 
word ; that is this. I am in favor of marriage, but I am not 
in favor of long courtships. This courtship has already lasted 
several years, and we have come here to see if we cannot name 
the wedding day, and not to see if we cannot divorce the 
parties. 

I trust very much, as we have some appointments a little 
later on, that from this time on we shall have short speeches, 
as far as those in favor of the union are concerned, under 
such terms as have been suggested, and that the gentlemen 
who oppose it will undertake to vote it down, and that no 
attempt to strike out a paragraph here and a paragraph there 
to render it meaningless will be made. 

The Chair : The question is upon the substitute. 

Mr. Stevens (New Jersey) proceeded to offer resolutions 
from the New Jersey Society Sons of the Revolution, but on 
the suggestion that he was out of order decided to offer reso- 
lutions later. 

At the request of Mr. Wood the Secretary read resolu- 
tions offered by Judge Harden. 

Mr. Wood : I want to say that if it be the desire of this 
meeting to forever kill and murder union pass this resolution^ 
What can the Sons of the American Revolution do, with such 
a slap in the face as this, toward union ? 

Judge Harden : I claim the right to say in reply to that,. 

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that those who desire union at the cost of self-respect will 
vote against it. 

Judge Pennyp ACKER : The animus of the whole thing 
is apparent from the letter which this man, whose name is 
Murphy, writes in a very undignified way to our society. 
The objection is raised to the name of the society, " Sons of 
the Revolution." That was one of the points which, in 1893, 
we succeeded in gaining. Now then, after it had been gained, 
after the result was reached, why don't they like men accept it ? 

The Secretary here proceeded with the roll call, which 
resulted as follows, viz. : 

Ayes : General Vice-President, Second Vice-President, 
'General Secretary, Assistant General Secretary, General 
Treasurer, California, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, South 
Carolina, Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania — 13. 

Noes : Assistant General Treasurer, General Registrar, 
General Historian, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Col- 
umbia, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, 
Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode 
Island, Texas and West Virginia — 18. 

The Chair : The Secretary announces that there are 
thirteen votes in the affirmative and eighteen in the nega- 
tive. The motion is lost. 

The question is now upon the original resolution offered 
by the gentleman from Ohio. 

Mr. Wood : I do not wish to press it until the gentleman 
from New Jersey has an opportunity to present his resolu- 
tions, as he deferred presenting them at my suggestion. 

Mr. Stevens : These resolutions were passed at the an- 
nual meeting of the New Jersey Society to show exactly how 
they stood upon this question, — that this congress had not 
the right to determine this without the action of every soli- 
tary state and the votes of the delegates and their own mem- 
bers. The constitution at present not only gives the State 
societies the right to determine the qualification of their 
members, but the right to expel anybody, to expel any per- 
son, that they like, and there is no appeal from that expul- 
sion to the General Society. No man who is expelled can 
appeal to the General Society for relief The State Societies 
are supreme. We don't want to limit that right ; we want it 

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•distinctly understood that no consolidation can be made un- 
less every State Society agrees to the same. 

WJiereas^ The constitution of the General Society of the 
Sons of the Revolution makes no provision for a change in 
the constitution ; and 

Whereas^ The constitution expressly prescribes that the 
State Societies shall be the sole judges of the qualifications 
and elections of their members ; 

Resolved^ That it is the sense of the New Jersey State So- 
ciety that no change can be made in the constitution with- 
out the unanimous consent of every State Society ; 

Resolved^ That it is the sense of the New Jersey Society 
that no change should be made in said constitution that will 
interfere in any manner with the right of the State Societies 
in determining the membership of their respective bodies. 

Mr. Wood : I desire simply to say that all can be 
brought up at the final meeting that does not come up now, 
Mr. Chairman ; I want everyone to understand the status of 
things. These resolutions, if passed, provide simply for the 
appointment of two committees : one on revision of papers, 
another to report, if possible, a basis of union of the two So- 
cieties. That does not make us unite if the votes are not 
there, and consequently if you vote for these resolutions with- 
out that subsequent ratification you cannot unite. I may not 
approve, we may not approve, the report of the joint com- 
mittee, and the whole thing falls to the ground. It is simply 
an earnest, honest effort to see if we can have proposed for us 
any basis of union upon which we can unite. We may fail 
altogether, but do not let it be said that we failed because we 
were unwilling to make an honest effort. 

Mr. Sayres (Pennsylvania) asked if the Sons of the Revo- 
lution had ever been requested by the Sons of the American 
Revolution to join with them. 

The Chair replied there was no record of such a request. 

Judge Harden said, " If we have not any request from 
them, why should we go to them with another offer?" 

Mr. Wood : I don't care to bring up the question of the 
responsibility of the failure of the negotiations. I want to say 
here that the general officers, I believe, acted honestly, I 
think they probably acted with great caution, and probably 

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acted upon the right assumption that they could not exceed 
the authority given to them by the meeting at Savannah. 
Now, that authority was not sufficient to make union. We 
want sufficient authority to meet the Sons of the American 
Revolution if they desire to meet with us. 

Mr. PuGH : In the body of the resolution provision is 
made for a committee of conference, this committee to meet 
a like committee of the Sons of the American Revolution, 
and to report, that is all there is to it. 

Mr. Wood, in response to Mr. Woodruff (New York), as 
to what answer Mr. Wood had made to Mr. Jones (Pennsyl- 
vania) as to standard or criterion of eligibility, said, " I wish 
to say that the point we have insisted upon was that all 
papers should show beyond all question a lineal descent from 
a revolutionary sire." 

The Chair : It is not what the qualification shall be, but 
how are they to do it, how are they to go about it ? 

Mr. Woodruff : The fact is the two societies are not in 
accord on the qualification clause. As I understand, we have 
certain definite rules. We will admit persons, lineal descend- 
ants of revolutionary soldiers. The Sons of the American 
Revolution, unless that has been changed, recognize patriots. 
Now, we do not admit members for that reason. Another 
thing, we require positive proof of eligibility, the Sons of the 
American Revolution are satisfied with family traditions. 
Now, I ask of this committee of revision what is to be the 
standard or criterion of eligibility, is it to be the clause of the 
constitution of the Sons of the American Revolution or the 
clause of the constitution of the Sons of the Revolution ? We 
do not want to appoint a committee or suggest a committee 
who will find when they are appointed that they have no stand- 
ard to go by. We will assume every Son of the American 
Revolution is eligible to that society, and we must insist that 
every Son of the Revolution is eligible to our society, but it 
does not follow that all of the Sons of the American Revo- 
lution are eligible to our society. How then is this com- 
mittee of revision to pass upon the credentials of the various 
members? 

Mr. Abbott : The answer is contained in the resolution. 
This committee of revision is to make its report in accord- 

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atice with the resolutions passed at Savannah and Richmond 
in April, 1896. Both of those provide the same standard, 
which was the original standard of the Sons. 

The Chair : Where is the authority of the General So- 
ciety to interfere at all about the qualification of members ? 
Where have you got any power ? How can you pass any 
resolution authorizing any committee ? How can you pass 
any resolution here to-day which will affect either the Penn- 
sylvania or Ohio Society ? 

Mr. Wood : First answering the Chair, we want to say 
that we are willing to proceed toward union upon any basis, 
that is, if there is presented to us such claims on the part of 
the Sons of the American Revolution as will justify us in go- 
ing any further. If their membership is not such as we 
would accept, as would be accepted by the General Registrar 
of this society, we do not want them ; that I lay down as a 
cardinal principle. We do not decide by this committee on 
revision whether these people shall belong or not, we simply 
say they shall revise the papers and report to the general 
meeting of the society to see what they will do with it. We 
must do that before we go any further. Are we afraid to 
submit our papers ? If they do not want to submit them, we 
do not want them. Now, this was one of the resolutions 
passed in Richmond last year, viz.: 

Mr. Wood read resolutions beginning : " Whereas, the 
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution is 
heartily, etc.," and ending "indubitable proof of lineal 
descent." 

Mr. Jones (Pennsylvania) : In the resolution adopted at 
Savannah, by which this committee on credentials was 
authorized, it is provided that the test shall be the require- 
ments of Article III of the constitution agreed upon at New 
York, February 16, 1893, so that if this committee is now in- 
structed to go ahead and do its work, the Sons of the Ameri- 
can Revolution will have to submit to the test in the consti- 
tution of 1893. If that is the understanding. 

Mr. Wood : I am not willing to accept into this society or 
in any united society, any member whose papers will not be 
approved by the Registrar General of the Sons of the Revolu- 
tion. 

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The Chair : The gentleman is aware that was rejected by 
the Sons of the American Revolution, it is simply tendering 
it to them again. 

The question is upon the resolution as amended. 

The Secretary proceeded to call the roll with the follow- 
ing result, viz.: 

Ayes : Assistant General Treasurer, General Registrar, 
General Historian, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, 
Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North 
Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, West Virginia. 

Noes : General Vice-President, Second Vice-President, 
General Secretary, Assistant General Secretary, General 
Treasurer, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, New 
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vir- 
ginia. 

My. Woodruff : I move that the vote be announced and 
recorded " New Hampshire not voting." 

The Chair : Of course, it will be so recorded. 

The Secretary : New Hampshire not voting, there are 
sixteen ayes and fourteen noes. 

The Chair: The resolution offered by the gentleman 
from Ohio has been adopted. 

Judge Harden : I desire to offer a vote of thanks to the 
Pennsylvania Society for their generous hospitality, past, 
present and future. 

Seconded, put to vote and carried unanimously. 

Mr. Wood : I move that the Society return a vote of 
thanks to the First General Vice-President for the impartial, 
courteous and able manner in which he has presided over our 
deliberations. 

Seconded, put to vote by Mr. Wood and carried unani- 
mously. 

The Chair : I thank you very much for the resolution. 
I have attempted only to do what I conceived to be my duty 
as the presiding officer of this society. It may have been 
probably unwise, it might have been thought somewhat im- 
proper for me to interject anything into the debate, but I 
have gone through all the struggles in this matter of so-called 
union, and I could not refrain from saying what I did in order 
to keep this society, if possible, on what I conceived to be the 

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right side of the matter. I did not want this society to go 
and make a proposition to the Sons of the American Revolu- 
tion which they could not carry out imder the constitution. 
If it were not for that I should have said nothing. I am op- 
posed, I have always been opposed, to the union. I voted 
against the constitution of 1893. Conscientiously I did it, 
because I was a member of the Sons of the Revolution, and I 
believed that the door could be thrown open wide enough for 
every man entitled to come in, and I have no excuse to offer 
for stating it to you here now ; but I thank you very kindly 
for your vote. 

Mr. Cable (Missouri) called the attention of the society 
to the method of raising the revenue of the General Society 
by a per capita tax, insisted that the present method was un- 
just and inequitable, and asked the Secretary to read the re- 
solutions on that subject passed at Savannah. 

Mr. Collins made the point that the matter was out of 
order, having been already voted upon. 

Mr. Duke, Judge Harden and Mr. CadlE spoke on the 
subject. 

On motion of Mr. Haywood of North Carolina, duly 
seconded, put to vote and carried, the matter was laid on the 
table. 

Motion made, seconded, put to vote and unanimously car- 
ried that a vote of thanks be tendered to the Pennsylvania 
Historical Society for the use of their rooms. 

Mr. Sayres (Pennsylvania) : I beg to announce that lunch 
is now ready at the Stratford. I 

Motion to adjourn, seconded, put to vote and carried. 



LIST OF OFFICERS 

OF THE 

GENERAL AND STATE SOCIETIES, 

APRIL 19TH, 1897. 



OFFICERS 

OF THE 

GENERAL SOCIETY 



General President. 

HON. JOHN LEE CARROLL, Ellicott City, Maryland, 
Of the Maryland Society. 

General Vice-President. 

GARRET DORSET WALL VROOM, Trenton, New Jersey, 
Of the New Jersey Society. 

Second General Vice-President. 

JOHN SCREVEN, Savannah, Georgia, 
Of the Georgia Society. 

General Secretary/. 

JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, No. 146 Broadway (Room 409), 

New York, 
Of the New York Society. 

Assistant General Secretary. 

WILLIAM HALL HARRIS, No. 216 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 
Of the Maryland Society. 

General Treasurer. 

RICHARD McCALL CADWALADER, 133 S. 12th Street, Philadelphia, 

Pennsylvania, 
Of the Pennsylvania Society. 

General Assistant Treasurer. 

HENRY CADLE, Bethany, Missouri, 
Of the Missouri Society. 

General Chaplain. 

RIGHT REVEREND HENRY BENJAMIN WHIPPLE, D.D., L.L.D., 

Bishop of Minnesota, Faribault, Minnesota, 
Of the Minnesota Society. 

General Registrar. 

FRANCIS ELLINGWOOD ABBOT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 

Of the Massachusetts Society. 

General Historian. 

GAILLARD HUNT, Department of State, Washington, District of Columbia, 

Of the District of Columbia Society. 

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SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF NEW YORK. 

Instituted - February 22, 1876 

Reorganized - December 4, 1883. 

Incorporated under the Laws of the State op New York - May 3, 1884. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 
FREDERICK SAMUEL TALLMADGE, 97 Cedar Street, New York City. 

Vice-President. 
JAMES WILLIAM BEEKMAN, 47 Cedar Street, New York City. 

Secretary. 
CHARLES ISHAM, 146 Broadway, New York City. 

Treasvrer. 
ARTHUR MELVIN HATCH, 96 Broadway, New York City. 



Board op Managers. 

JOHN HONE, 

CHARLES HORNBLOWER WOODRUFF, 

CHESTER GRISWOLD, 

FREDERICK CLARKSON, 

JOHN TAYLOR TERRY, Jr., 

WILLIAM GASTON HAMILTON, 

THOMAS E. V. SMITH, 

ROBERT OLYPHANT, 

FELLOWES DAVIS, 

HENRY DENISON BABCOCK. 



Registrar. Historian. 

HENRY PHELPS JOHNSTON, TALBOT OLYPHANT, 

17 Lexington Ave., New York City. 21 Cortlandt St,, New York Cit;' 

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Chaplain. 
REV. BROCKHOLST MORGAN, 

88 Bleecker St., New York City. 



Delegates to the General Society. 
CHARLES STEDMAN BULL, M. D , 
CHARLTON T. LEWIS, 
WILLIAM W. HOPPIN, 
GENERAL A. C. BARNES, 
SHEPARD KNAPP. 

Alternates. 

JOHN V. S. L. PRUYN, 
EDMUND PENDLETON, 
WILLIAM B. HORNBLOWER, 
CLARENCE WINTHROP BOWEN, 
GEORGE WILLIAM McLANAHAN. 



Total Membership, - 1,897 

53 



PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY 

OF 

SONS OF THE REVOLUTION. 

Instituted April 3, 1888. 
Incorporated under the Laws of the State cf I*ennsti,vania, September 29, 1S90. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 

WILLIAM WAYNE, Paoli, Pa. 

First Vice-President. 

RICHARD McCALL CADWALADER, 

Franklin Building, 133 South 12tli Street, Philadelphia. 

Second Vice-President. 

WILLIAM HENRY EGLE, M. D., Harrisburg, Pa. 

Secretury. 

ETHAN ALLEN WEAVER, Lock Box 713, Philadelphia. 

Residence, 3215 Spencer Terrace, West Philadelphia. 

I'reasurer. 

CHARLES HENRY JONES, 505 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 

Pegistrar. Historian. 

Capt. henry HOBART BELLAS, U. S. A., JOSIAH GRANVILLE LEACH 

Germantown, Pa. 733 Walnut Street, Philadelphia! 

Chaplain. 

Rev. GEORGE WOOLSEY HODGE, 334 South 13th Street, Philadelphia. 



Board op Managers. 
JAMES EDWARD CARPENTER, Chairman. 
WILLIAM SPOHN BAKER, 
FRANCIS VON ALBADE CABEEN, 
ISAAC CRAIG, 

Rev. HORACE EDWIN HAYDEN, 
Hon. SAMUEL WHITAKER PENNYPACKER, LL. D., 
WILLIAM MACPHERSON HORNOR, 
JOHN WOOLF JORDAN, 
THOMAS HEWSON BRADFORD, M. D. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

JAIHES EDWARD CARPENTER, 

CHARLES HENRY JONES, 

Capt. RICHARD STRADER COLLUM, U. S. M. C, 

Hon. SAMUEL WHITAKER PENNYPACKER, LL. D., 

EDWARD STALKER SAYRES. 

Alternates. 
JOSIAH GRANVILLE LEACH, ALEXANDER KRUMBHAAR, 

JOSEPH TROWBRIDGE BAILEY, ALEXANDER WILLIAMS BIDDLE, M. ] 

JOHN HILL BRINTON, Jr. 



Total Membership, 1,038 

54 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

Instituted March 11, 1889. 
Incorporated under the Laws of the United States, December, 18 



OFFICERS. 

President. 

Rear Admiral JOHN GRIMES WALKER, 

Metropolitan Club, Washington. 

Vice-President. 

WILLIAM VAN ZANT COX, Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 

Secretary. 
HENRY GREENWAY KEMP, 615-617 14th Street, Washington. 

Tredsvrei'. 

BALSH B. WILSON, 2909 Q Street, Washington. 

Registrar. 

CHARLES HARROD CAMPBELL, Department of State, Washington. 

Historian. 

GAILLARD HUNT, Department of State, Washington. 

Chaplain. 

Rbv. RANDOLPH HARRISON McKIM, D. D., 1621 K Street, Washington. 



Board op Managers. 
GAILLARD HUNT, 

CHARLES FREDERICK TIFFANY BEALE, 
MARK B. HATCH, 
FRANCIS S. NASH, 
THOMAS BLAGDEN, 
FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR SANDS, 
CAZENOVE G. LEE, 
GREEN CLAY GOODLOE. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

CHARLES FREDERICK TIFFANY BEALE, 
ALBION KEITH PARRIS, 
HENRY GREENWAY KEMP, 
WILLIAM B. GURLEY, 
A. HOWARD CLARKE. 

Alternates. 
Admiral JAMES A. GREER, 
Major GREEN CLAY GOODLOE, 
T. CUTHBERT PRESCOTT, 
W. H. CLAY, 
JAMES H. HAYDEN. 



Total Membership, ------- 242 

55 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF IOWA. 

Institutkd April 19, 1890. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 
Right Rev. WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY, D. D. {Oxon.), LL. D., D. C. L., 

Bishop op Iowa. 

Vice-President. 

Hon. SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH, Davenport. 

Secretary. 

Yen, SAMUEL ROOSEVELT JOHNSON HOYT, S. T. D., 

Archdeacon of Davenport, Davenport. 

Treasurer. 

ESEK STEERE BALLORD, Davenport. 

Ghajilnin. 

Rev. JOHN BARNETT DONALDSON, D. D., Davenport. 

Begistrar. 

HENRY HERVEY HILLS, Davenport. 

Historian. 

JOSIAH PROCTOR WALTON, Muscatine. 

Board of Managers. 

Hon. SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH, Chairman, 

Right Rev. WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY, 

Ven. SAMUEL ROOSEVELT JOHNSON HOYT, 

ESEK STEERE BALLORD, 

Rev. JOHN BARNETT DONALDSON, D. D., 

HENRY HERVEY HILLS, 

JOSIAH PROCTOR WALTON, 

GEORGE ARTHUR GOODELL, 

WILLIAM PERRY BRADY, 

LAUREN CHASE EASTMAN, 

SILAS WRIGHT GARDINER, 

WILLIAM Le ROY ROACH. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

Rt. Rev. WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY, 
Hon. GEORGE MARTIN CURTIS, 
JUDSON KEITH DEMING, 
WILLIAM PERRY BRADY, 
GEORGE ARTHUR GOODELL. 

Alternates. 

HENRY CADLE, 
THEODORE WELLS BARHYDT, 
LAUREN CHASE EASTMAN, 
Col. JAMES RALPH NUTTING. 
CICERO MEAD HOBBY, M. D. 



Total Membership, • ^35 

56 



SONS OF THE KEVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY. 

Instituted January 6, 1891. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 

S. MEREDITH DICKINSON, Trenton. 

Vice-President. 

CLEMENT HALL SINNICKSON, Salem. 

Secretary. 

JOHN ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, Trenton. 

Treasurer. 

FRANK OBADIAH BRIGGS, Trenton. 

Registrar. 

FOSTER CONARROE GRIFFITH, Trenton. 

Historian. 

THOMAS J. YORKE, Salem. 

Gluiflain. 

Rev. CHARLES MARTER PERKINS, Salem. 



Board op Managers. 

GARRET DORSET WALL VROOM, 
WILLIAM S. DAYTON, 
RICHARD FOWLER STEVENS, 
SCHUYLER COLFAX WOODHULL, 
GILBERT COLLINS, 
LEROY H. ANDERSON, 
MALCOLM MACDONALD, 
A. Q. GARRETSON, 
WILLIAM ELMER, M. D. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

RICHARD FOWLER STEVENS, GILBERT COLLINS, 

S. MEREDITH DICIHNSON, FRANK OBADIAH BRIGGS, 

THOMAS J. YORKE, Jr. 

Alternates. , 

MALCOLM MACDONALD, 
JOHN ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, 
HUGH HENDERSON HAMILL, 
SCHUYLER COLFAX WOODHULL, 
FOSTER CONARROE GRIFFITH. 



Total Membership, 119 

57 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF GEORGIA. 

Instituted May 22, 1891. 
Incorporated March 29, 1894. 



OFFICERS. 

Pi'esident. 

Colonel JOHN SCREVEN, Savannah. 

First Vice-President. 

Hon. WILLIAM BEARING HARDEN, Savannah. 

Second Vice-President. 

Col. JOHN MILLEDGE, Atlanta. 

Secretary. 

WILLIAM HARDEN, 226 President Street, W. Savannah. 

Assistant Secretary. 

JAMES BOLTON WEST, Savannah. 

Treasurer. 

WARING RUSSELL, Savannah. 

Registrar. 

EDWARD STILES ELLIOTT, Savannah. 

Chaplain. 
Rev. CHARLES H. STRONG, Savannah. 

Histm'ian. 

Hon. ROBERT FALLIGANT, Savannah. 

Surgemi. 

T. B. CHISHOLM, M. D., Savannah. 

Marshal. 

WILLIAM C. WORKMAN, Savannah. 



Board op Managers. 
GEORGE LYMAN APPLETON, W. R. LEAKEN, 

H. V. WASHINGTON, W. J, DeRENNE, 

FRANCIS F. JONES, J. F. MINIS, 

G. H. STONE, M. D., POPE BARROW, 

ARMINIUS OEMLER. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

Hon. WILLIAM DEARING HARDEN, WILLIAM HARDEN, 

Col. W. W. GORDON, Hon. F. G. du BIGNON, 

Col. JOHN SCREVEN. 

Alternates. 

THOMAS PINCKNEY HUGER, F. S. LATHROP, 

Col. JOHN M. KELL, HUGH V. WASHINGTON (Macon), 

GEORGE W. OWENS. 



Total Membership, 142 

58 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 

Organized in Faneuil Hall, October 1, 1891. 
Incorporated under the Laws of the Commonwealth op Massachusetts, October 9, 1891 



OFFICERS. 

President. 
CLEMENT KELSEY FAY, Brookline, Mass. 

Vice-President. 
GEORGE SILSBEE HALE. 

Secretary. 
HENRY DEXTER WARREN, Hotel Berkeley, Boston. 

Treasurer. 
ANDREW ROBESON. 

Pegistrar. 
JAMES ATKINS NOYES. 

Historian. 
FRANCIS ELLINGWOOD ABBOT, Ph.D., Cambridge, Mass, 

Chaplai?}. 
Reyerend LEONARD KIP STORRS, D. D., Brookline, Mass. 



Board op Managers. 

FRANK HARRISON BRIGGS, GEORGE HATCH QUINCY, 

WALTER GILMAN PAGE, FRANK MERRIAM, 

WILLIAM CURTIS CAPELLE, EDWARD TOBEY BARKER, 

FREDERICK BANKER CARPENTER, HOWARD EATON HAYDEN, 
FRANCIS APTHORP FOSTER. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

FRANCIS ELLINGWOOD ABBOT, 
FRANCIS RAWLINGS SPALDING, 
HENRY DEXTER WARREN, 
PHILIP READE, U.S.A., 
FRANK HARRISON BRIGGS. 

Alternates. 
Hon. ELIJAH ADAMS MORSE, 
Hon. WILLIAM FRANKLIN DRAPER, 
Rev. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D. D., LL. D., 
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STEVENS, 
Hon. CHARLES HERBERT ALLEN. 



Total Membership, 370 

59 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF COLORADO. 

Instituted February 22, 1892. 



OFFICERS. 

RALPH VOORHEES. 

Vice-President. 

SHADRACH KEMP HOOPER. 

Secretary. 

PERSIFOR MARSDEN COOKE, M. D., 1290 Race Street, Denver. 

Treasurer. 

WILLIAM DAVID TODD, Box 440, Denver, 

Registrar. 

REGINALD HEBER SMITH, 433 Equitable Building, Denver. 

Chaplain. 

Rev. CHARLES WOODBURY WILLIAMS. 



Board op Managers. 

THE OFFICERS, ex officio, 
ROBERT BAILEY, 
LUTHER HALSEY WYGANT, Jr., 
GEORGE GRAY SPEER, 
JOHN CROMWELL BUTLER, 
HENRY MYRON BLACKMER, 
JOHN LLOYD McNEIL, 
WALTER CHEESEMAN MEAD, 
NATHANIEL PETER HILL, 
ASHBEL KING SHEPARD. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

JOHN CROMWELL BUTLER, 
JOHN FRANKLIN SPALDING, 
THOMAS HENRY EDSALL, 
JAMES HENRY BROWN, 
EDWARD MARSDEN COOKE. 



Alternates. 

JAMES SIDNEY BROWN, 
WILLIAM ELLERY SWEET, 
HENRY FRANCIS CURRIER, 
FRANCIS WHEELER TUPPER, 
JOHN MILLS MAXWELL. 



Total Membership, 9° 

60 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF MARYLAND. 

Organized April 11, 1892. 
Incorporated under thr L.\ws of the State op Maryland, April 13, 1893. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 

Hon. JOHN LEE CARROLL, Ellicott City. 

Vice-President. 

McHENRY HOWARD, Central Savings Bank Building, Baltimore. 

Secretary. 
JOHN LEYPOLD GRIFFITH LEE, B. & O. Building, Baltimore. 

Treasurer. 
WILLIAM BOWLY WILSON, 218 E. Baltimore Street, Baltimore. 

Registrar. 
HENRY OLIVER THOMPSON, 216 St. Paul Street, Baltimore. 

Historian. 

CLAYTON COLMAN HALL, 10 South Street, Baltimore. 

Chaplain. 

Rev. WILLIAM MEADE DAME, 1409 Bolton Street, Baltimore 



Board op Managers. 
WILMOT JOHNSON, PATRICK MACAULAY BRICKHEAD, 

OGDEN ARTHUR KIRKLAND, THOMAS PUGH MoCORMICK, 
ROBERT RIDDLE BROWN, BARTLETT SHIPP JOHNSTON, 
ROBERT CLINTON COLE. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

WILLIAM BOWLY WILSON, JAMES WILSON PATTERSON, 

THOMAS WILLIAM HALL, HENRY OLIVER THOMPSON, 

JOHN APPLETON WILSON. 

Alternates. 
JULIAN HENRY LEE, YATES PENNINGTON, 

WILLIAM SHEPPARD BRYAN, Jr., JOHN HELMSLEY JOHNSON, 
HORATIO GATES ARMSTRONG. 



Total Membership, - 126 

61 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF MINNESOTA. 

Instituted April 17, 1893. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 

RUKARD HURD, St. Paul. 

Vice- President. 

Right Reverend M. N. GILBERT. 

Secretary. 

JOHN TOWNSEND, 137 Endicott Building, St. Paul. 

Treasurer. 

JOSEPH E. McWILLIAMS. 

Registrar. 

Major CHARLES H. WHIPPLE, U. S. A. 

Chaplain. 

Reverend EDWARD P. INGERSOLL, D. D., St. Paul. 



Board of Managers. 

CHARLES P. NOYES, 

GEORGE C. SQUIRES, 

NATHANIEL ELWELL, 

Reverend JOHN PAUL EGBERT, D. D., 

THADDEUS C. FIELD, 

TRACY LYON. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

RUKARD HURD, 
GEORGE C. SQUIRES, 
WILLIAM B. DEAN. 



Total Membership, 9^ 

62 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF OHIO. 

Incorporated May 2, 1893. Organized May 9, 1893. 

OFFICERS. 

President. 

ACHILLES HENRY PUGH, Cincinnati. 

First Vice-President. 

Hon. ASA SMITH BUSHNELL, Columbus. 

Second Vice-President. 

EPHRAIM MORGAN WOOD, Dayton, 

Third Vice-President. 

CORNELIUS CADLE, Cincinnati. 

Fmirth Vice-President. 

OSCAR THADDEUS MARTIN, Springfield. 

Secretary. 

JOHN WARD BAILEY, 323 Lock Street, Cincinnati. 

Assistant Secretary. 

ARCHIBALD IRWIN CARSON, M. D., Cincinnati. 

Treasurer. 

CHARLES DAVIES JONES, Cincinnati. 

Registrar. 

JOHN MARSHALL NEWTON, Cincinnati. 

Historian. 

THOMAS HERBERT NORTON, Ph.D., Sc. D., Cincinnati. 

Chaplain. 

HENRY MELVILLE CURTIS, D.D., Cincinnati. 



Board of Managers. 
GEORGE ELTWEED POMEROY, THOMAS DANIEL RHODES, 

PITTS HARRISON BURT, JOHN HENRY PATTERSON, 

WILLIAM WALLACE SEELY, M.D., ETHAN OSBORN HURD, 
HARRY LANGDON LAWS, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS GOODMAN, Jr., 

WILLIAM HOWARD DOANE. 



Delegates to the General Society. 
PRANK JOHNSTON JONES, ACHILLES HENRY PUGH, 

RALPH PETERS, SAMUEL MORSE FELTON, 

JEPTHA GARRARD, SAMUEL FURMAN HUNT, 

STEPHEN JOHNSTON PATTERSON, JAMES VERNER GUTHRIE. 

Alternates. 
EPHRAIM MORGAN WOOD, Dr. NATII'L PENDLETON DANDRIDGE, 

MICHAEL MEYERS SHOEMAKER, Dr. JOSEPH EDWARD BOYLAN, 
OSCAR THADDEUS MARTIN, Dr. HENRY CIPPERLY DIMOND, 

BIRCHARD AUSTIN HAYES, FRANK LANGDON PERIN. 



Total Membership, 246 

63 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 

Instituted May 8, 1893. Incorporated May 15, 1893. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 

HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS, Los Angeles. 

Vice-President. 
SPENCER ROANE THORPE, Los Angeles. 

Secretary. 
ARTHUR BURNETT BENTON, 114 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles. 

Treasurer. 
BRADNER WELLS LEE, Los Angeles. 

Historian. 
CHARLES PUTNAM FENNER, Los Angeles. 

Registrar. 
EDWARD THOMAS HARDEN, Los Angeles. 

Marshal. 
FRANK CLARK PRESCOTT, Redlands. 

Chaplain. 
Rev. JOHN GRAY, Los Angeles. 



Board of Managers. 

HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS, ARTHUR BURNETT BENTON, 

SPENCER ROANE THORPE, BRADNER WELLS LEE, 

EDWARD THOMAS HARDEN. 



Delegates to the General SocrETY. 

WILLIAM FURMAN BURBANK, 

JAMES MORTBIER MONTGOMERY, 

CHARLES WILLIAM ROGER, 

Capt. ALFRED CLARENCE SHARPE, U. S. A., 

HENRY HARBINGER SINCLAIR. 

Alternates. 
GEORGE ALFRED CUTTER, M. D., 
JAMES LOCHRY PAUL, 
HENRY EDGERLY PRATT, 
Major EDWIN BRYON ATWOOD, U. S. A., 
JOSIAH EVANS COWLES, M. D. 



Total Membership, 64 

64 



SONS OF THE KEVOLUTION 



STATE OF CONNECTICUT. 

Instituted May 24, 1893. 
Incorporated under the Laws op the State of Connecticut, September 7, 1893. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 

Hon. morgan GARDNER BULKELEY, Hartford. 

Vice-President. 

Hon. DANIEL NASH MORGAN, Treasurer of the United States. 

Secretai'y. 

Rev. henry N. WAYNE, New Britain. 

Assistant Secretary. 

ABRAM BALDWIN STURGES, M. D., Southport. 

Treasurer. 

Colonel HENRY WALTON WESSELS, C. N. G., Litchfield. 

Registrar. 

WILLIAM F. WATERBURY, Stamford. 

Chaplain. 

Rev. N. ELLSWORTH CORNWALL, Stratford. 



Board of Managers. 

ROBERT CLARK MORRIS, D. C. L., OLIVER TAYLOR SHERWOOD, 
DAVID HENRY GOULD, WILLIAM F. WATERBURY, 

LEIGH RICHMOND HOYT, AUGUSTUS FLOYD DELAFIELD, 

TIMOTHY JONES, FREDERICK J. HUNTINGTON, 

FRANK C. DO WD. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

Hon. morgan GARDNER BULKELEY, 
AUGUSTUS FLOYD DELAFIELD, 
SATTERLEE SWARTWOUT, 
HENRY LINCOLN ROWLAND, 
COL. HENRY WALTON WESSELS. 

Alternates. 
Rev. N. ELLSWORTH CORNWALL, 
Gen. WILLIAM HENRY BULKELEY, 
ROBERT PEEL WAKEMAN, 
TIMOTHY JONES, 
FREDERICK J. HUNTINGTON. 



Total Membership, 92 

65 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATEOF NEW HAMPSHIRE 

Okganizbd June 19, 1893. 



OFFICERS. 

President . 

Reverend HENRY EMERSON HOVEY, Portsmouth. 

Vice-President. 

ALEXANDER HAMILTON CAMPBELL, Concord. 

Secretary. 

THOMAS E. O. MARVIN, Portsmouth. 

Treasurer. 

STEPHEN DECATUR, Portsmouth. 

Registrar. 

HARRY B. CILLEY, Manchester. 

Historian. 

Colonel JAMES FORNEY, U. S. M. C, Navy Yard,' Portsmouth. 

Chaplain. 
Rev. ALFRED LANGDON ELWYN, Portsmouth. 



Board of Managers. 

SAMUEL S. GREEN, Chairman, 

THOMAS E. O. MARVIN, 

HARRY BOUTON CILLEY, 

ALEXANDER HAMILTON CAMPBELL, 

STEPHEN DECATUR, 

Rev. ALFRED LANGDON ELWYN, 

MARCUS M. COLLIS. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

Rev. HENRY E. HOVEY, 
STEPHEN DECATUR, 
Rev. ALFRED LANGDON ELWYN, 
HARRY BOUTON CILLEY, 
THOMAS E. O. MARVIN. 

Alternates. 

SAMUEL STIMPSON GREEN, 
HENRY AUGUSTUS YEATON, 
MARCUS MORTON COLLIS. 



Total Membership, 29 

66 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 



STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 

Instituted October 34, 1893. Organized November 21, 1893. 
Incorporated under the Laws of the State of North Carolina, January 8, 189*.. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 
Hon. ELIAS CARR, Old Sparta. 

Vice-President. 

PETER EVANS HINES, Raleigh. 

Secretary. 

MARSHALL DeLANCEY HAYWOOD, Raleigh. 

Registrar. 

Prof. D. H. HILL, Raleigh. 

Treasurer. 

HERBERT WORTH JACKSON, Raleigh. 

Chaplain. 

Rev. ROBERT BRENT DRANE, D.D., Eden ton 

Board of Managers. 

SAMUEL A'COURT ASHE, Chairman. 
THE OFFICERS, exofflcio, 
ALEXANDER QUARLES HOLLADAY, 
THOMAS STEPHEN KENAN, 
GRAHAM DAVES, 
GEORGE BRADBURN CURTIS, 
HERBERT BEMERTON BATTLE, 
BOSWORTH CLIFTON BECKWITH, 
COLLIER COBB, 
HERIOT CLARKSON, 
PETER EVANS HINES, M. D. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

ELiAS CARR, GRAHAM DAVES, 

JAMES DODGE GLENN, GEORGE BRADBURN CURTIS, 

ALEXANDER BOYD ANDREWS, jR. 

Alternates. 

COLLIER COBB. 

MARSHALL DeLANCEY HAYWOOD, 

HERIOT CLARKSON, 

GEORGE SUMTER POWELL, 

WILLIAM KEARNEY CARR. 



Total Membership, --------34 

67 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF ILLINOIS. 

Instituted December 4, 1893. 
Incorporated under the Laws of the State op Illinois, January 13, 1894. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 

HORACE KENT TENNEY, 819, 305 La Salle Street, Chicago. 

Vice-President. 

JOHN CROCKER FOOTE, Belvidere, 111. 

Second Vice-President. 

ALBERT CRANE BARNES, Criminal Court Building, Chicago. 

Third Vice-President. 
ROBERT PATTERSON BENEDICT, 19 Wabash Avenue, Chicago. 

Secretary. 

FRANK KIMBALL ROOT, 307 Wabash Avenue, Chicago. 

Assistant Secretary. 

EDWARD FROTHINGHAM WYMAN, 170 Lake Street, Chicago. 

Treasurer. 
HARRISON KELLY, 10, 99 Randolph Street, Chicago. 
Registrar. 
CHARLES THOMSON ATKINSON, 195 Monroe Street, Chicago. 

Chaplain. 

Rt. Rev. CHARLES REUBEN HALE, Cairo, 111. 

Historian. 

JAMES CONRAD CLARK, 37 Wabash Avenue, Chicago. 



Board of Managers. 
HENRY WALBRIDGE DUDLEY, Rev. WALTER DELAFIELD, 
JOHN WHIPPLE HILL, FRANK RHEES SEELYE, 

CHARLES CROMWELL, GEORGE MAYHEW MOULTON, 

JAMES W. D. KELLEY, MILO LESTER COFFEEN, 

WILLIAM BENEZET BOGERT. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

HORACE KENT TENNEY, GEORGE MULHOLLEN LYON. 

GEORGE SAMUEL MARSH, FRANK KIMBALL ROOT, 

GEORGE MAYHEW MOULTON. 

Alternates. 
FRANK RHEES SEELYE, CHARLES THOMSON ATKINSON, 

WALTER CHANNING WYMAN, THOMAS FLOYD-JONES, 
WILLIAM BENEZET BOGERT. 



Total Membership, i66 



SONS OF THE REV0LUTI0;N 

IN THE 

STATE OF MISSOURI. 

Instituted February 22, 1894. 

OFFICERS. 

President. 
Rt. Rev. DANIEL SYLVESTER TUTTLE, D. D., S. T. D., St. Louis. 

Vice-President. 

Hon. HENRY HITCHCOCK, St. Louis. 

Second Vice-President. 

ALFRED LEIGHTON HOWE, Kansas City. 

Third Vice-President. 

Hon. AMOS MADDEN THAYER, St. Louis. 

Secretary. 

HENRY CADLE, Bethany. 

Assistant Secretary. 

EWING McGREADY SLOAN, St. Louis. 

Registrar. 

THOMAS JAMES, Kansas City. 

Treasurer. 

HENRY PURKITT WYMAN, St. Louis. 

Chaplain. 

Rev. MICHAEL BURNHAM, D. D., St. Louis. 

Historian. 

Prof. CALVIN MILTON WOODWARD, Ph. D., St. Louis. 

Marshal. 

NORRIS BRADFORD GREGG, St. Louis. 



Board of Managers. 
Rt. Rev. DANIEL SYLVESTER TUTTLE, WILLIAM BROWN DODDRIDGE, 
Hon. henry HITCHCOCK, GEORGE ARNOLD BAKER, 

HENRY CADLE, WILLIAM BREWER DEAN, 

WALLACE DELAFIELD, WILLIAM GODDIN BOYD, 

GEORGE AMOS NEWCOMB, ALFRED LEE SHAPLEIGH, 

JAMES LAWRENCE BLAIR, Hon. ISRAEL PUTNAM DANA, 

TRUMAN AUGUSTUS POST, WILLIAM BARTON, 

STOUGHTON WALKER. 

Delegates to the General Society. 

HENRY CADLE, ORLANDO POWERS BLOSS, 

Hon. JOHN HENRY TERRY, INNES HOPKINS, 

MILTON TOOTLE, jR. 

Alternates. 

Hon. ELMER BRAGG ADAMS, Hon. CHAUNCEY FORWOOD SHULTZ, 

Hon. JOHN McKEE WOOD, WILLIAM PERRINE VOORHEES, 

AI EDGAR ASBURY. 



Total Membership, 351 

69 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IK THE 

STATE OF ALABAMA. 

Instituted April 16, 1894. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 
JAMES EDWARD WEBB, Birmingham. 

Vice- President. 
Dr. frank prince, Bessemer. 

Second Vice-President. 
ROBERT DANIEL JOHNSTON, Birmingham. 

Secretary. 
THOMAS McADORY OWEN, Birmingham. 

Assistant Secretary. 
JOHN C. FORNEY, Chalifoux Building, Birmingham. 

Treasurer. 
JESSE KILGORE BROCKMAN, Birmingham. 

Registrar and Historian. 
JOHN C. FORNEY, Chalifoux Building, Birmingham. 

Surgeon. 
Dr. E. p. LACEY, Bessemer. 

Chaplain. 
Dr. WILLIAM MARMADUTKE OWEN, Bessemer. 



Board of Managers. 

JAMES E. WEBB, Chairman. 
WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSTON, M. D., THOMAS M. OWEN, 
ANDREW CHARLES MOORE, Dr. FRANK PRINCE. 

F. W. MOSBY, Dr. WILLIAM M. OWEN, 

JAMES F. JOHNSTON, WILLIAM P. G. HARDING, 

E. R. DU MONT. JESSE K. BROCKMAN. 



Delegates to the Genral Society. 

F. E. SPOTTSWOOD, WIRT WEBB, 

THOMAS McADORY OWEN, JOSEPH F. JOHNSTON, 

JOHN C. FORNEY. 

Alternates. 
E. R. DU MONT, JAMES E. WEBB, 

A. B. DU MONT, R. D. JOHNSTON, 

ANDREW CHARLES MOORE. 

Total Membership, - - - 29 

70 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA. 

Instituted April 19, 1894. 
Incorporated under thk Laws of the State of West Virginia, May 7, 1894. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 

JOHN MARSHALL HAGANS, Morgantown. 

Vice-President. 
C. W. BROCKUNIER, Wheeling. 
Secretary. 
ALEXANDER UPDEGRAFF, Wheeling. 

Treasurer. 
CHARLES MATTHEW HART, Clarksburg. 

Registrar and Historian. 
JOHN GEORGE GITTINGS, Clarksburg. 

Chaplain. 
De. J. L. LOVY, Wheeling. 



Board of Managers. 

Hon. ALFRED CALDWELL, 
JOSEPH F. PAULL, 
B. WALKER PETERSON, 
SAMUEL HUGH BROCKUNIER, 
De. R. M. BAIRD. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

JOHN MARSHALL HAGANS, 
WILLIAM S. EDWARDS, 
JOHN BASSEL, 
CHARLES M. HART, 
RANDOLPH STALNAKER. 



Alternates. 

De. R. M. BAIRD, 

SAMUEL HUGH BROCKUNIER, 

S. B. BROWN, 

O. S. MoKINNEY. 



Total Membership, 46 

71 



SONS OF TPIE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF FLORIDA. 

Organized April, 1894. 

OFFICERS. 

Presideyit.' 

GEORGE TROUP MAXWELL, M. D., Jacksonville. 

First Vice-President. 

SAMUEL C. THOMPSON, Jacksonville. 

Second Vice-President. 

Hon. GEORGE WASHINGTON WYLLY, Fort Reed. 

Secretary. 

CLARENCE SHERMAN HAMMATT, Jacksonville. 

Assistant Secretary. 

ARCHIBALD HAGUE, Sr., Hague. 

Treasurer. 

E. F. GILBERT, Jacksonville. 

Registrar. 

CHARLES D. MILLER, Peoria. 

Surgeon. 

Dr. J. N. D. CLOUD, Newmansville. 

Chaj)lain. 

Rev. JOHN B. DAVIS, Newmansville. 

Judge Advocate. 

BAYLIS J. EARL, Earlton. 

3Iarshal. 
BAYLIS J. EARL, Earlton. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

Dr. GEORGE TROUP MAXWELL, 

Hon. G. W. WYLLY, 

SAMUEL C. THOMPSON, 

E. F. GILBERT, 

CLARENCE SHERMAN HAMMATT. 



Alternates. 

ARCHIBALD HAGUE, Sr., 
CHARLES D. MILLER, 
J. C. GETZEN, 
Dr. J. N. D. CLOUD, 
JAMES BACON WAY. 



Total Membership, 24 

72 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF TENNESSEE. 

Orgakizkd November 24, 1894. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 

Col. J. VAN DEVENTER, Knoxville. 

Vice- President. 

W. W. WOODRUFF, Knoxville. 

Secretary. 

EDWARD R. H. MAYNARD, Knoxville. 

Registrar. 

HENRY HUDSON, Knoxville. 

Treasurer. 

HARPER L. CHAMBERLAIN, Knoxville. 

Chaplain, 

Rev. J. H. FRAZEE, Knoxville. 



Board op Managers. 

JOSHUA W. CALDWELL, 
HARPER L. CHAMBERLAIN, 
GEORGE W. HENDERSON, 
Rev. JOHN H. FRAZEE, 
M. L. ROSS, 

EDWARD R. H. MAYNARD, 
HORACE VAN DEVENTER, 
J. VAN DEVENTER, 
W. W. WOODRUFF. 

Delegates to the General Society. 

C. H. HUDSON, 

Col. J. VAN DEVENTER, 

W. P. CHAMBERLAIN, 

O. P. TEMPLE, 

Capt. GEORGE LeROY BROWN. 



Total Membership, 33 

73 



SONS OF THE EEVOLUTION 



STATE OF SOUTH CAKOLINA 

Instituted Septbmber 3, 1894 ; Organized December 14, 1894 ; 
Incorporated December 10, 1896. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 
C. S. GADSDEN, Charleston. 

Vice- President. 
T. PINCKNEY LOWNDES, Charleston. 

Seci-etary. 
GUSTAVUS M. PINCKNEY, Charleston. 

Treasurer. 
C. C. OLNEY, Charleston. 

Assistant Treasurer. 
W. M. FITCH, Charleston, S. C. 

Registrar. 
JAMES G. HOLMES, Charleston, S. C. 

Chaplain. 
Rev. JOHN JOHNSON, 58 Church Street, Charleston. 



Board of Managers. 

THE OFFICERS, ex officio, ROBERT L. DARGAN, 

ZIMMERMAN DAVIS, Chairman, WILLIAM S. HASTIE, 

Gen. GEORGE BRATTON, WILLIAM H. PARKER, Jr. 

H. H. FICKEN, EDWARD ANDERSON, 

JOHN GRIMBALL, FRANK E. TAYLOR. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

T. PINCKNEY LOWNDES, G. M. PINCKNEY, 

HAWKINS K. JENKINS, Rev. JOHN JOHNSON, 

WILLIAM HY. PARKER, Jr. 



Alternates. 

S. P. RAVENEL, G. W. OLNEY, 

TALBOT OLYPHANT, Z. DAVIS, 

WILLIAM S. HASTIE. 



Total Membership, 62 

74 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF KENTUCKY. 

Organized January 26, 1895, 
Incorporated under the Laws of the State op Kentucky, February 9, 1895. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 

LUCAS BRODHEAD, Spring Station. 

Vice- President, 
JOHN T. SHELBY. Lexington. 

Sec7'etary, 

Prof. WILBUR R. SMITH, Lexington. 

Treasurer, 

JAMES TODD, Lexington. 

Registrar. 

BUTLER SOUTHGATE, Lexington. 

Historian. 

LESLIE COMBS, Lexington. 

Chaplain. 

Rev. W. S. FULTON, D. D., Lexington. 



Board of Managers. 

Major H. B. McCLELLAN, T. R. MORGAN, 

JOHN T. SHELBY, LESLIE COMBS, 

Judge O. S. TENNY, JAMES DUANE LIVINGSTON, 

LOUIS DES COGNETS, J. A. CURRY. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

JAMES DUANE LIVINGSTON, LESLIE COMBS, 
WILBUR R. SMITH, J. A. CURRY, 

LUCAS BRODHEAD. 

Alternates. 

Rev. W. S. FULTON, JOHN T. SHELBY. 

Major H. B. McCLELLAN, JAMES A. TODD, 

T. R. MORGAN. 



Total Membership, 20 

75 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTIOx\ 

IN THE 

STATE OF MONTANA. 

Organized February 22, 1895. 



OFFICERS. 

President, 
CHARLES H. BENTON, Great Falls. 

First Vice-President. 
CHARLES E. CONRAD, Kalispell. 

Second Vice-President. 
WINTHROP RAYMOND, Sheridan. 

Secretary. 
ERBERT HUGHES MATTESON, Great Falls. 

Historian. 
CHARLES H. ROBINSON, Great Falls. 

Registrar. 
HOWARD CROSBY, Great Falls. 

Treasurer. 
JAMES MONTGOMERY BURLINGAME, Great Falls. 

Chaplain. 
RICHARD S. CLARK, Truly. 



Board of Managers. 

JOHN H. FAIRFIELD, W. E. CHAMBERLAIN, 

ARTHUR E. DICKERMAN. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

A. J. BENNETT, W. F. DARLINGTON, 

Colonel A. S. BLTIT, W. L. BROWN, 

W. G. CONRAD. 

Alternates. 

CHARLES E. CONRAD, F. D. BROWN, 

RICHARD CLARK, W. RAYMOND. 



Total Membership, 38 

76 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF TEXAS. 

Organized March 12, 1895. 
Incorporated April 19, 1895. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 
H. M. AUBREY, San Antonio. 

Vice-President. 
W. J. BATTLE, Austin. 

Secretary. 
G. STUART SIMONS, San Antonio. 

Treasurer. 
G. STUART SIMONS, San Antonio. 

Registrar. 
Dr. F. L. PASCHAL. San Antonio. 

Chaplain. 



Board of Managers. 

W. J. BATTLE, 
H. M. AUBREY, 
G. S. SIMONS, 
HENRY TERRELL, 
S. M. FINLEY, 
Dr. F. L. paschal, 
W. P. FINLEY, 
JOHN A. GREEN, Jr. 
C. L. HARWOOD. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

(To be appointed.) 

Total Membership, i8 

77 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF WASHINGTON. 

Organized March 26, 1895. 
Incorporated under the Laws of State of Washington, March 26, !895. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 
JOSIAH COLLINS, Seattle. 

Vice-President. 
Lieutenant JOHN LEICESTER SEHON, U. S. A., Vancouver Barracks. 

Secretary. 
CHARLES TALLMADGE CONOVER, Seattle. 

Treasurer. 
ROBERT CARROLL CALLAHAN, Seattle. 

Registrar. 
GEORGE HYDE PRESTON, Seattle. 

Chaplain. 

Right Reverend WILLIAM MORRIS BARKER, D. D., 
Bishop of Olympia, Tacoma. 

Historian. 
ROBERT BROOKE ALBERTSON, Seattle. 



Board of Managers. 
THE AFOREGOING OFFICERS, ex officio, with 
GEORGE KIRBY CORYELL, 
BENJAMIN HAZELTINE. 

Delegates to the General Society. 

(To be appointed.) 



Total Membership, - - - 19 

78 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF VIRGINIA. 

Organized June 7, 1895. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 

Hon. JAMES ALSTON CABELL, Richmond. 

First Vice-President. 

Colonel FRANCIS L. SMITH, Alexandria. 

Second Vice-President. 
Dr. W. C. N. RANDOLPH, Charlottesville. 

Sec7-etar7/. 

Hon. R. T. W. duke, Jr., Charlottesville. 

Registrar. 

WILLIAM CHASE MORTON, Richmond. 

Treasvrer. 

ROBERT LANCASTER WILLIAMS, Richmond. 

Historian. 

J. R. V. DANIEL, Richmond. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

Hon. R. T. W. DUKE, Jr., 
JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS, 
Hon. JAMES ALSTON CABELL, 
WILLIS B. SMITH, 
Colonel FRANCIS L. SMITH. 

Alternates. 

ROBERT LANCASTER WILLIAMS, 
WILLIAM CHASE MORTON. 
CHARLES WASHINGTON COLEMAN, 
Hon. LYON G. TYLER, 
CHARLES R. ROBINS, M. D. 



Total Membership, - ■ " - - - 48 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 



IN THE 



STATE OF MICHIGAN. 

Organized April 17, 1896. 



OFFICERS. 

P)-esident. 
JOHN WALTER BEARDSLEE, D. D., Holland. 

'Vice-President. 
HORATIO SEYMOUR, Marquette. 

Secretary. 
FRANK DICKINSON HADDOCK, Holland. 

Treasurer. 
ROBERT WILKINS MERRILL, Grand Rapids. 

Historian. 
HENRY DENISON POST, Holland. 

Registrar. 
LAURENS W. WOLCOTT, Grand Rapids. 

Chaplain. 
JOSEPH LEONARD DANIELS, D. D., Olivet. 

Delegates to the General Society. 

Hon. HENRY W. SEYMOUR, 
JOHN C. POST, 
HENRY PERKINS, 
DAVID W. KENDALL, 
JOSEPH SILL. 

Alternates. 

Ex Lieut. -Gov. HENRY H. HOLT, 
JOSEPH L. DANIELS, 
JOHN W. BEARDSLEE, D. D., 
WALTER E. C. WRIGHT, D. D., 
HOYT G. POST. 



Total Membership, 21 

80 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF RHODE ISLAND 

Instituted September 86, 1896. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 
WILLIAM WATTS SHERMAN, Newport. 

First Vice-President. 
Colonel SAMUEL P. COLT, Bristol. 

Second Vice-President. 
Hon. henry L. GREENE, Warwick. 

Secretary. 
WILLIAM G. WARD, Jr., Newport. 

Treasurer. 
JOHN P. SANBORN, Newport. 

Registrar. 
S. H. TILLEY, Newport. 

Historian. 
Dk. H. R. STORER, Newport. 



Board of Managers. 

THE OFFICERS, ex-officio. 
F. P. GARRETTSON, O. H. P. BELMONT, 

FREDERICK TOMPKINS, PERRY TIFFANY, 

CHARLES H. RUSSELL, WILLIAM LOVIE TILLEY, 

EDWARD W. HIGBEE, JOSHUA WILBOR, 

DAVID STEVENS. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

WILLIAM WATTS SHERMAN, JOHN P. SANBORN, 

Colonel SAMUEL P. COLT, HENRY L. GREENE, 

FREDERICK TOMPKINS. 

Alternates. 

R. H. TILLEY, WILLIAM G. WARD, Jr. 

E. ^V. HIGBEE, PERRY TIFFANY, 

CHARLES H. RUSSELL. 



Total Membership, 36 

81 



SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

IN THE 

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA. 

Organized February 18, 1897. 



OFFICERS. 

President. 

Rev. F. M. J. CRAFT, Elbow Woods. 

Vice-President. 
Rev. I. Mcelroy, Fargo. 

Secretary. 
G. H. PHELPS, Fargo. 

Treasurer. 
W. L. STOCKWELL, Grafton. 

Registrar. 
H. C. PLUMLEY, Fargo. 

Chaplain. 
Father CRAFTS, Elbow Woods. 

Historian. 
Rev. I. Mcelroy, Fargo. 



Board of Managers. 

Dr. J. H. JOHNSON, Lisbon. 

W. L. STOCKWELL, Grafton. 

FRED. B. MORRILL. 

E. M. ROBISON. 

Rev. I. Mcelroy, Fargo. 



Delegates to the General Society. 

H. C. PLUMLEY, 

F. B. MORRILL, 

J. H. JOHNSON, M. D. 



Alternates. 

E. M. ROBISON, 
W. L. STOCKWELL, 
G. H. PHELPS. 



Total Membership, - - 12 

82 



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